SC - Haversacks and nefts (??)
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Thu Feb 15 08:10:30 PST 2001
A quick check of the OED before running off to work showed "nef" or "neff"
as a salt cellar/napkin holder/etc. The word "neft" does not appear, so
this is probably a typographical error on your author's part. The OED's
earliest reference to the usage discussed here is 19th Century, IIRC.
Bear
> "neft" as a small wooden box containing cutlery. I suspect he's
> thinking of "nef", which apparently sometimes contained napkins or
> cutlery as well as salt (according to Hammond's "Food and Feast in
> Medieval Britain", at any rate). But I thought that was
> desperately ornate and sat on the table, rather than being a
> receptacle for transporting things.
>
> Lady Jehanne de Huguenin * Chronicler, Shire of Adamastor, Cape Town
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