(from the article `mead`) ...grapevines do not flourish; the hydromel of the Greeks and Romans was probably like the mead drunk by the Celts and Anglo-Saxons, although the ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/136
Mulse (mŭls) noun [ Latin mulsum (sc. vinum ), from mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, past participle of mulcere to sweeten, soften.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/113