ayel

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.

Noun

ayel (uncountable)

  1. (law, obsolete) 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.[1]

References
  1. Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Ayel". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al., page 183, column 2.

Extremaduran

Adverb

ayel

  1. yesterday
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