Ayle
//aɪ̯l// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A grandfather. obsolete
"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."
Synonyms
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More 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."
Etymology
From Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus.
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