marvell

English

Noun

marvell (plural marvells)

1. Obsolete spelling of marvel
   • 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:

     And therefore, if a Rodde carie the feare of a Sworde, it is no maruell, if those that be fearefull of nature, chose rather to forsake the Plaie, than to stand alwaies within the feare of a Sworde in a fonde mans handling.