From Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian, cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("to distress").
From Middle English eyle, eile, from Old English eġle ("hideous, loathsome, hateful, horrid, troublesome, grievous, painful"). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃 ("hard, difficult").
From Middle English eile, eyle, eiȝle, from Old English eġl ("an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote"), from Proto-Germanic *agilō ("awn"). Cognate with German Achel, Egel, Ägel.
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