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besaiel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈseɪl/
• /bɪˈseɪ.əl/

Etymology

From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A great-grandfather.
   • Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […] 1840, Collectanea topographica et genealogica:
2. (obsolete) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out.
   • In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View. 1598, John Kitchin, Le court leete et court baron:

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Relateds

tresayle · ayle · quatrayle