besaiel

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/bɪˈseɪ.əl//bɪˈseɪl/

noun

A great-grandfather.

OriginMiddle French besaieul ← Old French beseel ← Latin bis →
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Meanings

nounbesaiel (plural besaiels)

plural besaiels · alternative besaile · alternative besayle

  1. obsoleteA great-grandfather.

    Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]

    1840, Collectanea topographica et genealogica
  2. obsoletelawA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
great-grandfather

Origin

  1. Latinbis“twice”
  2. Old Frenchbeseel
  3. Middle Frenchbesaieul
  4. Englishbesaiel

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

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