535), in
which 'Sodden Mead' appears among the items of diet
supplied
by the
Emperor to the English Ambassador.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
& Q._
9th Ser. 3. 306). in which 'Mead Obarne and Mead Cherunk' are
mentioned as drinks
----that whet the spites
Of Russes and cold Muscovites.
Mr. Platt first instanced the existing Russian word _obarni_ or
_obvarnyi_ (see Gloss.), meaning 'boiling, scalding,' and C. C. B.
(_N. & Q._ 9. 3. 413) supplied a quotation from the account of the
voyage of Sir Jerome Bowes in 1583 (Harris's _Travels_ 1.
535), in
which 'Sodden Mead' appears among the items of diet
supplied
by the
Emperor to the English Ambassador.
The identification was completed
with a quotation given by the _Stanford Dict._: '1598 Hakluyt _Voy._
1. 461 One veather of sodden mead called _Obarni_.'
=1. 1. 119 your rope of sand.= This occupation is mentioned
again in 5. 2. 6.
