ARVALS, ARVELS

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ARVALS, ARVELS Or ARTHELS (0. Norse Arfr,

inheritance

INHERITANCE

, and ol, AS. Ale, a banquet), primarily the funeral dinner, and later, especially in the

north

England

ENGLAND
ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

, a thin,

light

LIGHT

, sweet cake, spiced with

cinnamon

CINNAMON

and nutmeg, served to the poor at such feasts. The funeral

meal

MEAL

was called the Arvel-dinner. The custom seems to have been to hold on such occasions an informai inquest, when the corpse was publicly exposed, to exculpate the

heir

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a
house
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  , cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

and those entitled to the property of the dead from all accusations of foul play.

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