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ayel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈeɪ(ə)l/
  • rhymes with -eɪl
  • homophone: ail
  • homophone: ale

1

noun

Meaning 1

A grandfather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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