arval (English, noun)
expansion: arval (plural arvals)
Senses:
glosses: A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
archaic
glosses: The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.
tags: historical
rare
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
Forms:
form: arvals
tags: plural
form: arfal
tags: alternative
form: arvel
tags: alternative
form: arvil
tags: alternative
form: arvill
tags: alternative
form: arvall
tags: alternative
form: arvel
tags: alternative
form: arvell
tags: alternative
form: averill
tags: alternative
form: arvale
tags: alternative