drink hail

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English drinc hail, drinchail, drinc-hæil, drincheheil, dringhail, drinkel, drink hail, drinkhail, drynkehaile, drynkeheil, drynk hayl, drynkheil, probably an Old Norse phrase; compare Old Icelandic far heill (“farewell!”), com heill (“welcome!”).

Interjection[edit]

drink hail

  1. (obsolete) The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.