けりindicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past), can form a poetic past tense, indicates continuation from the past to the present, end, conclusion

Auxiliary verb

1. 1.

   indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past), can form a poetic past tense

   Archaic

2. 2.

   indicates continuation from the past to the present

   Archaic

Noun

1. 3.

   end, conclusion

   from the use of the aux. at the end of waka, also written with the ateji 鳧,

   See Also:

   • けりが付く
   • けりを付ける