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
fast, quickly, speedily, at once

Derived terms

ǣfæstlīċe
ġefæstlīċe
unfæstlīċe

Descendants

Middle English: fastly, fastliche
- English: fastly

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fæstlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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