Meanings
plural ayels · alternative aiel · alternative ayle
- countableobsoleteuncountableA 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.
- countableobsoleteuncountablelawA 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.
Origin
- Latinavus
- Vulgar Latin*aviolus
- Old Frenchaiol
- Middle Englishayel
- Englishayel
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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ayel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ayel
“ayel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ayel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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