Bragot

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A medieval alcoholic beverage made by flavoring ale or mead with honey and spices
2. An old English drink, a sweet spiced brew combining ale with honey and aromatic herbs
3. A historical fermented beverage, typically a strong ale seasoned with honey and spices

Etymology: Bragot is an old English name for a spiced ale, and its story runs through Wales before it reached England. The word came into Middle English as "bragot" or "braket", borrowed from Middle Welsh "bragawt", "bragaut" or "bragot", a drink whose name was built on "brag", meaning malt. So the drink was named for the grain that made it, and the Welsh word preserved that plain sense of a malted brew. The English spelling "bragget" is a later variant of the same word, so "bragot" is simply one of several spellings of one borrowed term. Readers who meet "bragget" in older texts are looking at the same malt-based drink under a different spelling.

Synonyms: bragget