ayel
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈeɪ(ə)l/
Definition of ayel
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A grandfather.
“The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.”
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noun
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A grandfather.
“The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.”
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.
Anagrams of ayel
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