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ayel.

A grandfather.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈeɪ(ə)l/
  1. A grandfather.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
    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. 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.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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