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. Henry Campbell Black (1910), “ÆL”, in Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd edition, West Publishing Company, archived from the original on 17 October 2015, retrieved 18 January 2017
  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.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

ael

    1. he, she, third person singular.

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.