English Dictionary

arval

名詞

イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語 古語 歴史的 稀用

(Scotland and Northern England, now rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.

日本語の意味

スコットランドおよび北部イングランドで見られ（現在は稀）、葬儀の際に行われる通夜または斎宴。パンやエールが振る舞われる、伝統的な慣習を指す。

After the burial, neighbors gathered for an arval where bread and ale were passed around as a way to honor the dead.

埋葬の後、近隣の人々は死者を弔うためにパンとエールが振る舞われる葬送の宴に集まった。

意味（1）

(Scotland and Northern England, now rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.

It was customary in the north to have an arval or funeral dinner after an interment.

意味（2）

(rare, chiefly historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.

[…] Then quoth Hamtheow, etc.: 'We shall never come back to our mother [when we have slain the King of Goths]. Thou shalt drink the arval for us all together, for Swanhild and thy sons.'

意味（3）

(Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.

arvals （ plural ）