"ael" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English aiel",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aiel.",
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          "ref": "1864, “Reports of Cases in Trinity Term, 32 Edw. I.”, in Alfred J. Horwood, editor, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First. Years XXXII–XXXIII, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, page 256:",
          "text": "Richard de C. brought a writ of Ael against the Prior of Plumtone, and demanded so much &c. ; and counted that William his grandfather was seised &c. ; that from William it descended to William ; and from William to Richard the present demandant.",
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        "grandfather; forefather, ancestor"
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        "(law, common law, historical) grandfather; forefather, ancestor"
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          "word": "ayle"
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          "word": "æl"
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          "word": "aieul"
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          "word": "ail"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aiel.",
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          "text": "Richard de C. brought a writ of Ael against the Prior of Plumtone, and demanded so much &c. ; and counted that William his grandfather was seised &c. ; that from William it descended to William ; and from William to Richard the present demandant.",
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    },
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      "word": "ail"
    }
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