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ayel

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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ayel (countable and uncountable, plural ayels)

  1. (obsolete) 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. (law, obsolete) 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.[1]
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References

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  1. ^ Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Ayel". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al., page 183, column 2.

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Extremaduran

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Adverb

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ayel

  1. yesterday

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. First attested in c. 1325.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /æi̯ˈeːl/, /ˈæi̯(ɛ)l/

Noun

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ayel (plural ayeles)

  1. A grandfather or other ancestor.

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Descendants

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  • English: ayel, aiel, ayle (obsolete)

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