aiel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayel, ayeul, aile

Etymology

From Old French aiol (French aïeul), from a Proto-Romance (Vulgar Latin) diminutive, *aviolus, of Latin avus (“grandfather”).

Noun

aiel (plural aiels)

1. A grandfather.

   I am þyn aiel, redy at þy wille. (Chaucer, The Knight's Tale)

Anagrams

• ilea

References

• “aiel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.