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A mazer is a drinking vessel, NOT a meadmaker

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I feared I would regret following that link.
Pretty tame for urban dictionary.
"hippie skank sad clown" is not a name I'd like to go by though, so, standing my my linguistic prescriptivism.
And my linguistic anachronism.

FWIW, how many Scadians are meadhers here?
 
hmmmm perhaps not. OK. so everything I can find online solidifies that "mazer" means cup. Thinking along those lines... how did a cup for mead become a mazer?
 
It's from the Old English mæser, which is from the French masere, which has Germanic roots.

Something about grain or vein.
Masern is the verb form, meaning 'to grain' or 'to vein'
I dunno, old language is weird.
 
kudapucat said:
It's from the Old English mæser, which is from the French masere, which has Germanic roots.

Something about grain or vein.
Masern is the verb form, meaning 'to grain' or 'to vein'
I dunno, old language is weird.
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Sounds like masers could be like the english word macerate. To soak fruit (or waste away- ancient) which is kind of related to what is happening to fruit in mead.

These are good mysteries to solve.


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Another term that some have used is MEATHIER.
I don't believe that the use of this will grow "astronomically." ;)

I typically use the term meadcrafter.

Hydromelier is one you could try.

Or maybe back to Latin
Honey - Mel
Crafter - Artis
MELIARTIS
 
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How about meller ? I dont think it's in use.


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As for mazer. I think this clearly shows the current usage is much more common, suggesting a popularity increase or a significant change in meaning.
(I'm voting for the latter)
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I'm easily swayed as I prefer the way mazer sounds.

Mazzzzzzzeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr

It's more woody than tinny. Aluminum. Tinny.


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