- scortlíce
- adv 1. of time, shortly, before long, soon; 2. of speech, narrative, etc., shortly, briefly, compendiously
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
scortlíce
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shortly — /shawrt lee/, adv. 1. in a short time; soon. 2. briefly; concisely. 3. curtly; rudely. [bef. 900; ME schortly, OE scortlice; see SHORT, LY] * * * … Universalium
shortly — O.E. scortlice “briefly,” also, in late O.E., “in short time;” from SHORT (Cf. short) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) … Etymology dictionary
shortly — adv. 1 (often foll. by before, after) before long; soon (will arrive shortly; arrived shortly after him). 2 in a few words; briefly. 3 curtly. Etymology: OE scortlice (as SHORT, LY(2)) … Useful english dictionary
