scortliceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From sċort +‎ -līċe.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃortˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈʃorˠtˌliː.t͡ʃe]

副詞

sċortlīċe

1. (of time) shortly, before long, soon
2. (of speech, narrative, etc.) shortly, briefly, compendiously
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes...

     I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief...

派生した語

• Middle English: schortly, shortly, schortliche
  • English: shortly

参照

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scortlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.