shortsyneadv.
Scottish.
A short while ago, lately.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb]
neweneOE
newlyeOE
unyoreeOE
noweOE
newOE
lateOE
yesterdaya1300
freshlya1387
of newa1393
anewa1425
newlingsa1425
latewardc1434
the other dayc1450
lately?c1475
erst1480
latewards1484
sith late1484
alatea1500
recently1509
even now1511
late-whiles1561
late ygo1579
formerly1590
just now1591
lastly1592
just1605
low1610
this moment1696
latewardly1721
shortsyne1768
sometime1779
latterly1821
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 62 Shortsyn unto our glen, Seeking a hership came yon unko' men.
1838 A. Rodger Poems & Songs 298 She promis'd shortsyne she would soon be my ain.
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