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aele (c.1165)

aele (c.1165)

aille,  aielle,  ayele;  aiole  
  FEW:  *aviolus 25,1229a Gdf: GdfC:  aïeule 8,53a TL: aiuele 1,264 DEAF: DMF:  aïeule  TLF:  aïeule  OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.f.

kinshipgrandmother
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Demain murrai u encore hui! A ma aiole avient tut autresi e a ma mere, kar jel vi  MARIE Fables 196.21
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Orguil est mere as sis (=deadly sins) e aele a lur filles  Lum Lais ANTS p.97 (rubr.)
( 1344 )  issint de ceux tenementz est T., heir a Maude, sa aele, et ne mye a I. sa mere  YBB 18 Ed III 297
bref de aele
lawwrit of ael (claiming land by direct descent from one’s grandmother)
( 1260; MS: s.xivin )  bref de ael ou de aele  Brev Plac 222
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ceux procheyns qi par ceste assise ne porrunt estre succurruz eynt remedie par nos brefs de cosinage, de ael et aele  BRITT ii 59

See also:

besaele  tresaele 
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