fæstlice

Old English

Etymology

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

Adverb

fæstlīċe

  1. firmly, constantly, fast, fast in hold; fastly.
  2. fast, quickly, speedily, at once.

Derived terms
  • ǣfæstlīċe
  • ġefæstlīċe
  • unfæstlīċe

Descendants
  • Middle English: *fastliche, *fastly

References
  • fæstlíce in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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