fæstlice

Old English

Alternative forms

• feastlīċe (late)

Etymology

From fæst +‎ -līċe. Cognate with Old High German fastlīhho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæstˌliː.t͡ʃe/

Adverb

fæstlīċe

1. firmly, constantly, fast, fast in hold; fastly
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Swīðe endebyrdlīce þū hyt recst, ac ic þē wille secgan ġēt þēah hwæs [ic] þǣr fæstlīce ġelȳfe [and] ymb hwæt ic þǣr ġȳt twēoge.

     Very orderly thou dost explain it, but I will yet say to thee what I firmly believe, and about what I yet doubt.

2. 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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.