cavel

cavel · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromkafli
2. Old English · inherited fromcæfl“gag, bit, muzzle”
3. Middle English · inherited from*kavel
4. English todaycavel

From Middle English *kavel, kevel, from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), possibly from or akin to Old Norse kafli, kefli (“a piece of wood, gag”).

cavel · noun²

See kevel.

cavel · noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kablô
2. Old Norse · derived fromkafl
3. Middle English · inherited fromcavel
4. English todaycavel

From Middle English cavel, kavell, kevell, from Old Norse kafl, kafli (“long, round piece of wood, staff”), from Proto-Germanic *kablô, *kablaz. Compare also Middle Dutch kāvelen (“to draw lots, a lot”), kavele (“fate, lottery”), modern Dutch kavel (“lot, plot of land”), dialectal German Kabel.