ARVIL SUPPER, a feast or entertainment made at funerals, in the north part of England. Arvil bread is the bread delivered to the poor at funeral solemnities; and arvil, areal, arsal, are used for the burial or funeral rites; as,
Come, bring my jerkin, Tibb, I'll to the arvil;
Yon man's dea acuy seoun, it makes me marvil.
Yorksh. Dial. p. 58.