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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CERTAINT, CERTANT, adj. A n. and em.Sc. form of Eng. certain. Known to Bnff.2, Abd.2, Ags.17, Fif.10 1939; (Uls. 1993; Fif., Dmf. 2000s). [′sɛrt(ə)nt]Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches v.:
Although Sandy had had my boots for a month, and I had already called for them several times, always being made “certant o' them by the en' o' the week,” I found that he had not yet commenced them.
Abd. 1931 D. Campbell Uncle Andie 4:
Are ye certaint it wisna in yer pooch faun ye jinkit by the sodger-billies on gaird?

[O.Sc. has certaint, used by Spalding in his Hist. of the Troubles in Scotland 1624–45. The addition of t may be due to the influence of the n. certainty, but cf. Suddent.]

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