Middle English Dictionary Entry

exīl n.(1)
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1.
(a) Banishment or exile from one's native land; also fig.; laien exile on (someone); (b) the state of living in exile or in a foreign country; puten in exile; (c) a place of exile, an alien land or region; gon (wenden) in exile.
2.
Life in this world as contrasted with heavenly bliss; the world as a 'vale of tears'.
3.
(a) Alienation or waste (of property); (b) fallen into exile, ?fall into alien hands or into ruin; (c) maken exile, cause destruction.