wassail

• The text of the carol employs noun and verb forms of "wassail," a word derived from the Old Norse ves heil and the Old English was hál and meaning "be in good health" or "be fortunate." —  Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate
• So, better times are come at last; to these Old walls new masters and high wassail--both A long desideratum Hen. —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
• The King and the Queen on Twelfth Night were to take the void (evening repast) in the hall; as for the wassail, the steward and treasurer were to go for it, bearing their staves; the chapel choir to stand on the side of the hall, and when the steward entered at the hall door he was to cry three times, "Wassail! —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• Wassail, wassail, all over the town Our toast it is white, our ale it is brown Our bowl it is made of the mapling tree With the wassailing bowl we will drink to thee Old Carol. —  In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV)
• We had wine and wassail, and John Thomson's delightful flute to help us through the evening Thus end the delectations of the Blair Adam Club for this year. —  The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

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