けり /(aux-v) (1) (arch) indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past)/can form a poetic past tense/(aux-v) (2) (arch) indicates continuation from the past to the present/(n) (3) (from the use of the aux. at the end of waka, also written with the ateji 鳧) (See けりが付く,けりを付ける) end/conclusion/EntL2089610/