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单词 carval
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carvaln.

Brit. /ˈkɑːvl/, U.S. /ˈkɑrv(ə)l/, Manx English /ˈkɑːvl/, /ˈkæːvl/
Forms: 1800s– carval, 1800s– carvel.
Origin: A borrowing from Manx. Etymon: Manx carval.
Etymology: < Manx carval (1835 or earlier), apparently < English carol n.
Originally and chiefly Manx English.
A ballad composed in Manx Gaelic on a Christian subject, traditionally sung in church after the Christmas Eve service.Carvals form the bulk of original literary composition produced in Manx prior to the 20th cent., some examples being more than a hundred lines in length.
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1860 Mona's Herald 22 Feb. The young men would sing carvels at Christmas time.
1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxiii. 60 Sometimes he crooned a Manx carval.
1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 639/2 Most of the existing literature..consists of ballads and carols, locally called carvels.
1951 Mona's Herald 2 Jan. 3/3 Anyone could get up and from their pew sing a carval of their own composition or repeat a popular and accepted carval.
2006 J. Kewley Draskau in J. T. Koch Celtic Culture IV. 1252/1 Many carvals have a Christmas theme, while others treat more abstract subjects such as charity or temperance, feature the fall of Man or the Last Judgement, or focus on one specific bible personage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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