Old English · adverb
fæstlice
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈfæstˌliː.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈfæst · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- fastlyspeedilyfirmlyconstantly
Meaning
-
firmly, constantly, fast, fast in hold; fastly
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.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies -
fast, quickly, speedily, at once
Etymology
From fæst + -līċe. Cognate with Old High German fastlīhho.
Descendants
fastly
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