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 late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: schortly, shortly, schortlicheEnglish: shortly === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scortlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.