A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1513, 1569-1586
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Certis, adv. Also: certys, -eis, -es. [ME. certis, certes (a 1250), OF. certes.] Certainly, assuredly.1375 Barb. i. 21.
Certis, thai suld weill hawe prys 1375 Ib. xviii. 282.
Than, certis, said he, I dar say [etc.] a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 107.
Certis, vnreulyt ware my wil, Gyf for thé my-self I suld spil c1420 Wynt. i. 1395.
Orknay certis ane sulde be c1420 Ib. v. 3681.
Oure nature, certys, ay suld be knawyn ?1438 Alex. I. 1307.
Certis to say of his bounte, Thare micht nane farar fundin be 1456 Hay I. 267/27.
Certis, I say, nay, that it may nocht be a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2637.
The king said, Certis, it sall be so c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 448.
For, certis, we wemen … set us all … to syle men of treuth 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 412.
He was fer baldar, certis, by hys leif 1513 Ib. 427; etc.
Certis, Virgill schawys [etc.] a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxxx. 22.
Trew lufe, so deir I haue thé bocht; Certis so sall I do na mair