Middle English Dictionary Entry
causel adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | causel adj. Also causil. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Causal (conjunction); (b) ~ of, the source of (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)116 : How many spyces hath the power of coniunccion? ffyue, by the Donet: copulatyf, disiunctyf, expletyf, racionel, & causell.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)117 : A coniunccion causell..bytokenyth cheson of that at is folwyng.
b
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)p.101 : Of whom the spryng was not cawsyl [rime: befell] Of fortune ne of sodeyne aenture.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1414 Lin-C.Informacio (Lin-C 88)105/39 : If þer come noe nominatif case betwene þo relatif an þo verbe þe þo relatif shal be nominatif case to þo verbe but if hit be a verbe inpersonil, þen þo relatif shal be sech case as þo verbe inpersonil wil haue aftur him…but if he haue his causel word aftur hym, for þen þo relatif shal be seche case as þo infinitif mode wil haue aftur hym, as 'Quem interest magistri.'
Note: Quot. antedates word.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense (a).--per MLL