besaiel

English

Alternative forms

• besaile
• besayle

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈseɪ.əl/, /bɪˈseɪl/

Noun

besaiel (plural besaiels)

1. (obsolete) A great-grandfather.
   • 1840, Collectanea topographica et genealogica:

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

2. (law, 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.
   • 1598, John Kitchin, Le court leete et court baron:

     In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View.

Related terms

• ayle
• tresayle
• quatrayle

References

• “besaiel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bailees, besaile