ayel

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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  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

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Adverb

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ayel

  1. yesterday
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