Middle English Dictionary Entry
hauvel n.
Entry Info
Forms | hauvel n. |
Etymology | ?Cp. MnE dial. haverel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?A talkative fool, a jabberer.
Associated quotations
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)378/337 : With hawvell and Iawvell, syngyng of lawvell, Thise ar howndys of hell, That is thare right.