hayle

See also: Hayle

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæi̯l/, /hau̯l/

Etymology 1

From Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”).

Noun

hayle (plural hayles)

1. hail (balls of ice)
2. hailstorm
3. (rare, medicine) A tumor situated near the eye.

Alternative forms

• hail, hayl, haile, haiel, ail, hale
• haul, hawle, hawel (< Old English hagol)
• hagol, haȝel, haȝol, hahȝel, haghil (chiefly early)

Related terms

• haylen

Descendants

• English: hail
• Scots: hail

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

hayle

1. Alternative form of haylen (“to hail”)