Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word used only in the phrases by my certie, my certie, a kind of oath, equivalent to by my faith, by my conscience, or in good troth.
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- noun Scotland, obsolete
certes ;verily
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Examples
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But my certie, lad, thought I, times are changed since ye came fleeing down the back stairs of auld
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‘Ma certie, I should just think so,’ cried McIntosh, rubbing his head with his handkerchief.
Madame Midas 2003
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"Tak 'your certie o' that my braw callant," said I, "ne'er sail it be tauld o 'Jamie Mc-Dougall, that he steeked his door again the puir and hauseless, an the bluidy sleuth hounds be on ye they'se find it ill aneugh I trow to get an inkling o' ye frae me, I'se sune shaw 'em the cauld shouther."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various
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(She lowered her voice.) "Ye mun ken, Sir, that o 'a' the leddies frae the Lammermuir, that hae been comin 'and gaen, there was an auld rudas wife this fair, an' I'm certie she's witched the yill; and ye mun just look into ye'r buiks, an 'tak off the withchin!"
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Various
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"Ma certie, lad," said King James, "ye maunay learn that there is nae rule wi'out its aicciptions."
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918
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Quite an interesting crowd when you come to think of it, for its size and babel of tongues! but, my certie!
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"Maybe he was," said her husband, leering; "but you needna cast it at us, for, my certie, if the men got it frae him in the forenoon, the women got it in the afternoon."
The Little Minister 1898
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'Ma certie, I should just think so,' cried McIntosh, rubbing his head with his handkerchief.
Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895
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"An 'says I to her:' Meg Kissock, ye're a bonny woman, 'says I.' My certie, but ye hae e'en like spunkies [will-o'-the-wisps] or maybes," said Saunders in a meditative tone.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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When you preach, we a 'ken the word o' God's safe in your hands; but when thae young birkies tak it in haun, my certie, but it taks us a 'to look after them [183].'
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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