Associations to the word «Arval»
Noun
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Wiktionary
ARVAL, noun. (UK) (rare dialectal) (Scotland) (Cumberland) (Westmoreland) (Yorkshire) (Lancashire) (now) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
ARVAL, noun. (rare) (chiefly historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.
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