oxymel

English

From Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).

oxymel (plural oxymels)

(historical, medicine) A mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i:
  If it long continue, vomits may be taken after meat, or otherwise gently procured with warm water, oxymel, etc., now and then.

Arabic: سِكَنْجَبِين‎ m (sikanjabīn), سِكَنْجُبِين‎ m (sikanjubīn), سِرْكَنْجَبِين‎ m (sirkanjabīn), سِرْكَنْجُبِين‎ m (sirkanjubīn)
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Finnish: hapanhunaja, oxymel
German: Sauerhonig m, Essigmet m, Honigessig m, Essigsirup m, Oxymel n
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὀξύμελι n (oxúmeli)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Ido: mielmixuro

Italian: ossimiele m
Latin: oxymel n, oxymeli n, oxymelum n
Persian: سکنگبین‎ (sekangabin, sekangubin), سرکنگبین‎ (serkangabin, serkangubin), سکنجبین‎ (sekanjabin)
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Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: سركنجبین‎ (sirkencebin, sirkencübin), سكنجبین‎ (sikencebin, sikencübin), سركنگبین‎ (sirkengebin, sirkengübin), سركنگبین‎ (sikengebin, sikengübin)

Modern Turkish: sirkencebin, sikencebin, sirkengebin

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