Middle English Dictionary Entry
nō-certein n.
Entry Info
Forms | nō-certein n. |
Etymology | From nōn-certein. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Uncertainty, doubt.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Gower CA (Bod 294)8.2179 : No certein [Frf: Al the whiles that I hove In noncertein betwen the tuo, And not if I to wel or wo Schal torne].
- ?a1425 Chaucer TC (Hrl 3943)1.337 : In no certeyn bene al your obseruaunces.
- a1450 Chaucer Ven.(Tan 346)46 : Thus be we euyr in drede and suffrynge; In no certeyn [vrr. noun certaine, nouncerteine, noun certeyn, non certeigne, non certen] we languissen in penaunce.