certé (c.1136-65)
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certé (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  certus *2/i,611a Gdf:  certee 2,24a GdfC: ∅ TL: certëé 2,134 / certé 2,133 DEAF:  certé  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1certainty, certitude: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  mustrer vus porrai [...] la certé Que la aume ne ad pas mortalité  3617
2individual share (as distinct from something held in common): 
( 1324-25 )  come les gentz de M. […] cleiment en certeines d’estre a tierce partie de chescune manere de charge, fyns & amerciementz […] : lequele enqueste […] ad dit qe lour usage est tiele q’il devient estre a lour certé & ad esté de temps dount il n’y at memoire  i 428
en certé
1secure, safe: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  queor ki Deu crent […] serrat od les sages en certé  8850
2in fact, in reality: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  le sanc Jesu Crist i (=at Eucharist) est neent en signe, mes en certé (var. (C: s.xiiim) certeté)  ii 11
aver certé de
1to be sure of: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Dunc respunt li abés s’il de ço a certé  733
prendre certé
1to become convinced: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Nus en avum certé prise que Deu vendrat al juise  3441
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