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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 Ib. xviii. 282.
Than, certis, said he, I dar say [etc.] a1400 Leg. S. xxx. 107.
Certis, vnreulyt ware my wil, Gyf for thé my-self I suld spil c1420 Wynt. i. 1395.
Orknay certis ane sulde be 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 Seven S. 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 Ib. 427; etc.
Certis, Virgill schawys [etc.] a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxxx. 22.
Trew lufe, so deir I haue thé bocht; Certis so sall I do na mair