gruit

• grut, gruyt

Borrowed from Dutch gruit. Doublet of grit.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

gruit (countable and uncountable, plural gruits)

1. (brewing) An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
2. (colloquial) Any beer made with such a mixture.

   Synonym: gruitbeer

• gruitbeer

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• gruut
• gruijt (obsolete)
• gruyt (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch grute, from Old Dutch grūt, ultimately from the root of grut.

• IPA^(key): /ɣrœy̯t/

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• Hyphenation: gruit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

gruit f (uncountable)

1. gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and bittering beer widely used in the Low Countries before hops came into use
2. (obsolete, historical) the right to sell gruit to breweries

   Synonym: gruitrecht

• gruitbier
• gruitgeld
• gruitrecht

• → English: gruit