scortlice

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

sċeortlīċe

Etymology[edit]

From sċort +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃortˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈʃorˠtˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb[edit]

sċortlīċe

(of time) shortly, before long, soon
(of speech, narrative, etc.) shortly, briefly, compendiously

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: schortliche, schortly
- English: shortly

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scortlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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