Mead
Mead (mēd) , noun
[Old English mede, Anglo-Saxon meodo; akin to Dutch mede, German met, meth, Old High German metu, mitu, Icelandic mjoer, Danish miod, Swedish mjod, Russ. med', Lithuanian midus, Welsh medd, Greek me`qy wine, Sanskrit madhu honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. r270. Compare Metheglin.]
1.
A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel. — Chaucer
2.
A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas. [United States]
Mead , noun
[Anglo-Saxon mad. See Meadow.]
A meadow.
A mede
All full of freshe flowers, white and reede.
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads.