ael

See also: áel, 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, retrieved 2017-01-17
  2. Henry Campbell Black (1910), “ÆL”, in Black's Law Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, West Publishing Company, archived from the original on 2015-10-17, retrieved 18 January 2017
  3. “ail”, in The Law-french Dictionary Alphabetically Digested‎, 2nd edition, London, 1718, retrieved 2017-01-17

Anagrams

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Either from Turkic or from 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-West Germanic *āl.

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

Middle Irish

Noun

ael m

  1. Alternative spelling of áel

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
aelunchangedn-ael
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ail (“eyebrow”), related to Old Breton guorail (“eyebrow”) (probably from guor (“over”) + ail).

Pronunciation

Noun

ael f (plural aeliau)

  1. eyebrow
    Roedd ganddo lygaid llawn, brown tywyll, gydag aeliau duon mawr.
    He had full dark brown eyes with big black eyebrows.
  2. edge, brow (of a hill)
    Trowch i’r chwith ar ael y bryn.
    Turn left on the brow of the hill.

Derived terms
  • aelguchiog (“frowning”, adjective)
  • aeliog (“(big-)browed”, adjective)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
ael unchanged unchanged hael
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ael”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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