ARVELS See also:

• ARVELS ARVALS

ARVALS  Or ARTHELS (0 . Norse Arfr, See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance, and ol, AS . See also:

• ALE

Ale, a banquet), primarily the funeral See also:

• DINNER

dinner, and later, especially in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, a thin, See also:

• LIGHT

light, sweet cake, spiced with See also:

• CINNAMON

cinnamon and See also:

• NUTMEG (from " nut," and O. Fr. mugue, musk, Lat. muscus)

nutmeg, served to the poor at such feasts . The funeral See also:

• MEAL

meal was called the Arvel-dinner . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom seems to have been to hold on such occasions an informai See also:

• INQUEST (O. Fr. enqueste, modern enqueete, from Lat.inquisitum, inquirere, to inquire)

inquest, when the See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse was publicly exposed, to exculpate the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir and those entitled to the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the dead from all accusations of foul See also:

• PLAY

play .