scortlice

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċeortlīċe

Etymology

From sċort +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

sċortlīċe

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

Descendants

• Middle English: schortliche, schortly
  • English: shortly

References

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