Obs.; only found in the forms: 1 eʓle, 2–3 eille, eil, 4 eyle. [OE. eʓle:—*agljo- cogn. w. Goth. aglus.] Loathsome, troublesome.
a. 1000. Riddles (Grein), lxxi. 16. Ȝif me ordstápe eʓle wæron.
1205. Layamon, 3282. Heore þuhte swiþe eille of æðelene hire fædere [later text eil].
c. 1225. Hali Meid., 25. To don hit þat te þuncheð uuel of & eil for ta heren.
c. 1320. Cast. Loue, 223. Eyle and hard and muche.
