fæstlice

== Old English == === Alternative forms === feastlīċe (late) === Etymology === From fæst +‎ -līċe. Cognate with Old High German fastlīhho. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæstˌliː.t͡ʃe/ === Adverb === fæstlīċe firmly, constantly, fast, fast in hold; fastly late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies fast, quickly, speedily, at once ==== Derived terms ==== ǣfæstlīċe ġefæstlīċe unfæstlīċe ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fastly, fastliche English: fastly === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fæstlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.