A variant or alternate spelling of 'barvel,' with similar unclear meaning and archaic status in English.
A spelling variant of 'barvel,' possibly showing the inconsistent spelling practices of Middle English before standardization. The doubling of 'l' is characteristic of variant historical spellings.
Before spelling was standardized (really only in the last 300 years!), the same word could be spelled five different ways in different documents—including by the same author in the same text!
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