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tresael (c.1292)

tresael (c.1292)

tresaiel,  tresaielle,  tresail,  tresaill,  tresaille;  tressael;  trezael  
  FEW:  *aviolus 25,1230b Gdf: GdfC:  trisaieul 10,811c TL: DEAF:  aiuel (*)  DMF: TLF:  trisaïeul  OED:  tresaiel n.  MED: DMLBS:

s.

kinshipgreat-great-grandfather, grandfather of a grandparent
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  le besael ou le tresael poet demaunder la seisine de plus basset trové en la dreite lyne par bref de cosinage  BRITT ii 163.3
( 1294 )  Le bref de cosinage fut abatu pur çoe ke yl fut porté de la seysine le tressael  YBB 21-22 Ed I 531
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cist evesqe estoit tresael a seinte Gregoire  TREVET Cron1 187.6
( 1341 )  le roi Johan, tresael le roi q’or est, si est en latyn nomé cosyn  YBB 15 Ed III 373
( 1404 )  diverses estatutz faitz un en temps sire Edward jadys roy d'Engleterre vostre noble tresaielle  Rot Parl1 iii 540
( 1471-81; MS: 1482 )  lou le pleintif counta qe son tresaill fut seisi de certen terre  Littleton 4.20

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See also:

ael  treis1 
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