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ael

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ael"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English aiel.

Noun

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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

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  1. ^ Noah Webster (1828) “ayle”, in A Dictionary of the English Language‎[1], volume 1, New York, retrieved 2017-01-17
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Henry Campbell Black (1910) “ÆL”, in Black's Law Dictionary‎[2], 2nd edition, West Publishing Company, archived from the original on 17 October 2015
  3. ^ “ail”, in The Law-french Dictionary Alphabetically Digested, 2nd edition, London, 1718, retrieved 2017-01-17

Anagrams

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Crimean Gothic

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Etymology

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Either from Turkic or from Proto-Germanic *halluz.

Noun

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ael

  1. stone

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

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ael

  1. he, she, third person singular.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl.

Noun

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âel m

  1. eel

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: aal
  • Limburgish: aol

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Noun

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ael m

  1. Alternative spelling of áel

Mutation

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Mutation of ael
radical lenition nasalization
ael unchanged n-ael

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Celtic *aglos. Cognate with Irish ál.

Noun

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ael f (plural aeloedd)

  1. litter
  2. brood
  3. offspring

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ael
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ael unchanged unchanged hael

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • 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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