gruit
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣrœy̯t/
noun
Definitions
- gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and bittering beer widely used in the Low Countries before hops came into use
- (obsolete) the right to sell gruit to breweries
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch grute inherited from Old Dutch grūt.
Origin
Old Dutch
grūt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grout English
- grouter English
- grouting English
- groutlike English
- grouty English
- gruel English
- gruelly English
- gruit English
- gruitbeer English
- regrout English
- bier Dutch, Flemish
- geld Dutch, Flemish
- gruitbier Dutch, Flemish
- gruitgeld Dutch, Flemish
- gruitrecht Dutch, Flemish
- recht Dutch, Flemish
- growte Middle English
- gruel Middle English
- grute Middle Dutch
- grūt Old Dutch