kevel

kevel · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromkefli
2. Middle English · inherited fromkevel
3. English todaykevel

From English dialect kevil, cavel (“rod, pole, a large hammer”), from Middle English kevel, *kavel (“a large stonemason's hammer”), from Old Norse kefli, kafli n (“a cylinder, stick, piece of wood”) and Old Norse kefli, kafli m (“a piece cut off, buoy, piece”). Compare Icelandic kefli (“cylinder, a stick, mangle”), and Danish kievle (“a roller”).

kevel · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromkevel
2. English todaykevel

From Middle English kevel. More at cavel.

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