catel

See also: cățel

Middle English

Etymology

See Modern English chattel.

Noun

catel

1. Property, as distinguished from rent or income.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 541-542:

     Hise tithes payed he ful faire and wel,
     Bothe of his propre swynk and his catel.

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References

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

Old French

Noun

catel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cateaus or cateax or catiaus or catiax or catels, nominative singular cateaus or cateax or catiaus or catiax or catels, nominative plural catel)

1. (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) Alternative form of chatel