saile

See also: sáile, säile, and -saile

English

Noun

saile (plural sailes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sail.

Verb

saile

1. Obsolete spelling of sail.
   • 1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Aristippus”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book I, folio 43, verso, paragraph 42:

     When he had saied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]

Anagrams

• slaie, Elias, Ailes, Salei, aisle, ELISA, eLISA, Alesi, liase

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalʲə/

Noun

saile

1. genitive singular of sail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saile	shaile after an, tsaile	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Verb

saile

1. Alternative form of assailen