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† ˈoftˌsithe, adv. Obs.
Forms: 3 oftesiðen, 3–4 ofte siþe, etc.: see oft and sithe: also 4 ofte-syde, of-sith, of-siþe.
[In early ME. oftesiðen:—OE. *oftsíðon:—*oftsiðum dat. pl., corresp. to ON. optsinnum many times, oft-times (cf. OE. on oftsíðas on many occasions, oft-times); f. oft + síðum dat. pl. of síð time: see sithe. By normal phonetic processes ofte-siðen became oftesiþe, oftsiþe, oftsith, in which the original pl. form was lost, but app. reinstated in the later oft-sithes: see next, and oftensithe in often C.]
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a1225Ancr. R. 418 Of swuche witunge is i-kumen muchel vuel oftesiðen. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5337 Ofte siþe [MS. Trin. Coll. ofte seþþe, MS. Digby (c 1425) ofte tymes] aboue he was, and bineþe ofter [v.r. oftere] mo. a1300Cursor M. 12534 (Cott.) And of-sith [F. oft-siþe, Gött. ofte-syde, Trin. ofte] walawai! he said. c1305Oxford Student 17 in E.E.P. (1862) 40 Þeȝ þis child were ȝung, of þis deol ofte siþe hit þoȝte. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7460–1 Als oft-sythe als þai here newed þair syn, Als oft-syth þair payn salle new þare bigyn. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 37 Ese and welþe drawiþ men oftsiþ to synne. c1448Hoccleve Balade Dk. York 51 If þat I..my colours sette ofte sythe awry. |