gravøl

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See also: gravöl

Danish

Etymology

grav (tomb) +‎ øl (beer)

Noun

gravøl (singular definite gravøllen, plural indefinite gravøl)

  1. a funereal wake, traditionally involving the drinking of beer
    • 2018, Godfred Hartmann, Med ledsager: 15 uhøjtidelige bagateller til natbordet, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Et gravøl er også en slags reception. Nu er det den afdøde, der knytter os sammen. Der føres dæmpet tale. Man samles om noget, der er værdifuldt: den fælles sorg. Jeg kender mennesker, der aldrig går til et gravøl. Det byder dem ligefrem ...
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    • 1999, Morti Vizki, Dion: et skuespil:
      Mor Doris, søster Renate, far Farshad og drengen Djami er forsamlet til Dions gravøl på Farshads restaurant Menaden. De står omkring et poolbord. De venter på nogen. Puk kommer styrtende ind med et videobånd, som hun straks rækker til ...
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  2. the beer drunk at such a wake
    • 1906, Sophus Gustav Bauditz, Krøniker fra garnisonsbyen, af Sophus Bauditz:
      Gravøl er altid en meget stærk Drik!" bemærkede Jochumsen philosophisk.
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    • 1818, Saxo Grammaticus, translated by N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danmarks Krønike, page 176:
      Folk vilde knap troe deres egne Øine, da de saae ham, i en Dragt, som om han var trukket op af en Rendesteen, træde ind i Salen, hvor man, paa et falsk Rygte om hans Død, drak hans Gravøl, ...
      People would scarcely believe their own eyes when they saw him, in an outfit as though he had been pulled from the gutters, step into the hall where people were, due to a false rumour, drinking his wake-beer, ...