ael

See also: äl and æl

English

Alternative forms

• ayle
• æl
• aieul
• ail

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.

Anagrams

• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ale, lea

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Either from Turkic or from Proto-Germanic *halluz.

Noun

ael

1. stone
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Ael. Lapis.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

ael

1. 1. he, she, third person singular.

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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

• Dutch: aal
• Limburgish: aol

Further reading

• “ael”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ael (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II