besaiel

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besaiel

/bɪˈseɪ.əl/
/bɪˈseɪl/

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

noun besaiels · besaile · besayle

obsolete A great-grandfather. Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]
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.

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@misc{besaiel_2026,
  title = {besaiel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/besaiel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}