hāl: this ancient
Teutonic
greeting afterwards grew into
wassail.
wassail.
Beowulf
l. 405. "At Benty Grange, in Derbyshire, an Anglo-Saxon barrow, opened in
1848, contained a coat of mail. 'The iron chain work consists of a large
number of links of two kinds attached to each other by small rings half an
inch in diameter; one kind flat and lozenge-shaped . . . the others all of
one kind, but of different lengths. '"--Br. , p. 126.
l. 407. Wes . . .
hāl: this ancient Teutonic greeting afterwards grew into
wassail. Cf. Skeat's _Luke_, i. 28; _Andreas_ (K. ), 1827; Layamon, l.
14309, etc.
l. 414. "The distinction between wesan and weorðan [in passive relations]
is not very clearly defined, but wesan appears to indicate a state, weorðan
generally an action. "--Sw. Cf. Mod. German _werden_ and _sein_ in similar
relations.
l. 414. Gr.
