(a) Drink made from malted grain, beer; double ~, strong beer, stout; lithe ~, single ~, weak beer, small beer; (b) ~ breuer, a maker of beer, a brewer; ~ breuing, brewing of beer; ~ egre, vinegar made from beer, beeregar; ~ hous, a brewhouse, a brewery; ~ wif, a woman who sells beer.

Hydromel, mead.