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: 1450-1500, 1552
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Certane, adv. [ME. certayn (1330), from Certane, a.] Certainly, assuredly.1456 Hay I. 166/30.
The knycht answeris … Certane, schir baroun [etc.] c1450-2 Howlat 586.
In a feld of siluer certane … Thre coddis I kend a1500 Prestis of Peblis 355.
The quhilk certane had nocht in scule tane gre c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4084.
Duryng that creuell sege, certane, Wer alewin hundreth thowsand slane