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ayel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A grandfather.
   • The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.

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Relateds

tresayle · besaiel · quatrayle