Plural of haverel; foolish people or those who talk nonsense.
Simply the plural form of 'haverel,' formed by adding '-s'. Standard English pluralization of a Scottish dialect noun.
The abundance of Scottish words for different types of foolishness—'haverel,' 'numpty,' 'eejit'—suggests medieval Scotland had a particularly developed linguistic tradition for mocking stupidity.
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