symbel

symbel, n.n: feast, banquet. (SUEM-bell / ˈsym-bɛl)

Medieval manuscript image of two angels sitting behind a long table with dishes of food and a drinking horn; one holds a knife and the other a cup, and they are looking off to the right.
Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 31v. [bl.uk]

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