scortlice

Old English

Alternative forms

sċeortlīċe

Etymology

From sċort +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

sċortlīċe

(of time) shortly, before long, soon
(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, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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