Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besaiel

/bɪˈseɪ.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-saiel
IPA: /bɪˈseɪ.əl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A great-grandfather.

Obsolete

noun

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.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]"
"In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: besaieul, beseel, bis

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

besaiels (plural) besaile (alternative) besayle (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ayle tresayle quatrayle

Questions

How do you pronounce besaiel?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈseɪ.əl/.
What does besaiel mean?: A great-grandfather.
Where does besaiel come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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