单词 | arval-bread |
释义 | > as lemmasarval-bread 2. attributive, as in arval-bread, arval-dinner, etc. ΚΠ 1567 MS. Durham Registry For his arvell supper. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 139 Arvel-Bread, Silicernium. 1778–80 W. Hutchinson Northumberland II. 20 in J. Brand Pop. Antiq. (Hazl.) II. 193 On the decease of any person possessed of valuable effects, the friends and neighbours of the Family are invited to dinner on the Day of Interment, which is called the Arthel or Arvel-dinner. 1807 F. Douce Illustr. Shakspeare II. 203 (Jam.) In the North this feast is called an arval or arvil-supper; and the loaves that are sometimes distributed among the poor, arval-bread. 1875 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Averill-breead, funeral loaves, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, and raisins. < as lemmas |
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