ael

See also: äl and æl

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English aiel.

Noun

ael (plural aels)

  1. (law, common law, historical) grandfather; forefather, ancestor
    • 1864, “Reports of Cases in Trinity Term, 32 Edw. I.”, in Alfred J. Horwood, editor, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First. Years XXXII–XXXIII, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, page 256:
      Richard de C. brought a writ of Ael against the Prior of Plumtone, and demanded so much &c. ; and counted that William his grandfather was seised &c. ; that from William it descended to William ; and from William to Richard the present demandant.

References

  1. ↑ Noah Webster (1828), “ayle”, in A Dictionary of the English Language‎, volume 1, New York
  2. 1 2 3 Henry Campbell Black (1910), “ÆL”, in Black's Law Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, West Publishing Company
  3. ↑ “ail”, in The Law-french Dictionary Alphabetically Digested‎, 2nd edition, London, 1718

Anagrams

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Either from Turkic or from Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐍃 (hallus), Proto-Germanic *halluz.

Noun

ael

  1. stone
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Ael. Lapis.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

âel m

  1. eel

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “ael”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “ael (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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