"The word honeymoon has its roots in the Norse word "hjunottsmanathr" which was anything but blissful."
So, basically, the Norse men kidnapped their future Norsepartner in marriage and went into hiding until the Norsepartner's family stopped looking for him/her. Each night for the first month of Norsemarriage, the couple drank honeyed wine, mead. The modern honeymoon is rooted in this Norse folklore, although if you are planning your own, we do not encourage a.) kidnapping your future Moderndaypartner, b.) keeping him/her in hiding until their parents give up looking, because that will probably never happen, or c.) risk getting botulism by drinking 12th century mead every night for a month.
Mead is the original medicinal wine, and the NORSE INVENTED IT! The antioxidants of the honey in mead afford it the same benefits as white wine, etc., etc. Also, did you know mead retains the immune boosting benefits of honey?!
"In Norse mythology for instance the “mead of Suttungr” could convert a layman to a scholar."
In modern day English, that means mead can turn a star of Jackass 3D into this...
"Mead was the drink of the Norse gods" - their Gatorade, if you will.
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