brȳd-ealo

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brȳd-ealo, n.n: a bride-ale, bride or marriage feast. (“BRUHD-Æ-ah-lo”)

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The Romance of Alexander in French verse with miniatures illustrating legends of Alexander the Great and with marginal scenes of everyday life, by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise and his workshop, 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264, f. 163v. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]

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