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certes, adv. arch.|ˈsɜːtɪz|
Forms: 4–5 sertes, sertis, 4–7 certis, 4–5 certys, 5 certus, 6 certeyse, certesse, (5)–7 certs, 3– certes.
[ME. certes, a. OF. certes, more fully a certes, according to Littré:—L. *a certis from certain (grounds), certainly. Cf. OSp. certas, Cat. certes.
In French now pronounced |sɛrt|: in Eng. usually dissyllabic, but, from 1300, occasionally found as a monosyllable, spelt cert or certs, or shown by the rime or rhythm to be so pronounced when written certes. See cert.]
Of a truth, of a certainty, certainly, assuredly. Used to confirm a statement. (‘An old word’ (J.); used chiefly in poetry or archaic prose.)
a1250Owl & Night. 1769 Certes cwaþ þe ule þat is soþ. a1300Cursor M. 4907 ‘Sertes’, said þai, ‘leue lauerdinges, Haue we noght þan o þe kinges. 138.Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 6 Certis noon but the lord of þis feeste. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 64 ffor certes [v.r. certus] lord ther is noon of vs alle, That she ne hath been a duchesse or a queene. c1449Pecock Repr. i. ii. 8 Wherfore certis if eny man can be sikir, etc. c1557in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 121 Many a man certesse. 1597Bp. Hall Sat. i. iii. 29 Then certes was the famous Corduban Never but half so high tragedian. 1600Tourneur Transf. Met. xxxiii, Yet certis, if the naked truth I say. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) II. xix. 240 Then certes the soul does not inhabit there. 1802Wordsw. Stanzas in Castle Indolence vi, And certes not in vain; he had inventions rare. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 47 Certes, we might have gathered wealth untold.
† (β) monosyllabic. Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 1359 He thonkid alle therof, certes, And starf anon withoute smert. c1400Apol. Loll. 13 Certs to þis I sey þei owe boþe to curse & wari. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 48 As you guesse: One certes, that promises no Element. 1640Fuller Joseph's Coat, David's Sin (1867) 213 This, certs, I know. Ibid. David's Pun. 237 But certs I know that such mistake their ground. |