hayle

See also: Hayle

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (the last is the ancestor of the form haul), from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”). Akin to Middle High German hagel, Old Swedish haghl, Old Danish haghæl, Middle Dutch hagel, and Old Frisian heil.

Alternative forms

• hail, haile, hayl, haul, hawel, hawle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛi̯l/, /hau̯l/

Noun

hayle (plural hayles)

1. Hail; the phenomenon of precipitation below freezing temperature.
2. A hailstorm; an instance or example of hail falling or appearing.
3. The substance that hailstones are made of; frozen water as rain.
4. (rare, medicine) A tumour situated near the eye.

Related terms

• haylen

Descendants

• English: hail
• Scots: hail

References

• “frost (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.

Etymology 2

From Old English hagolian, from Proto-Germanic *haglōną.

Verb

hayle

1. Alternative form of haylen