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单词 oftsithe
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oftsithen.

Forms: see oft adv. and sithe n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oft adv., sithe n.1
Etymology: < oft adv. + sithe n.1
Obsolete.
Only in on oftsithes: on many occasions, frequently. Cf. oftsithe adv., oftsithes adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [phrase]
on oftsitheseOE
not unseldoma1657
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxxiv. 153 Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeowum on oftsiþas to laðe gedon.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 979 Þy ilcan geare wæs gesewen blodig wolcen on oftsiðas on fyres gelicnesse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

oftsitheadv.

Forms: see oft adv. and sithe n.1; also early Middle English ofte siðen, Middle English ofsiþe, Middle English ofsith.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English oftsīþum , oftsithe n.
Etymology: Probably < Old English oftsīþum, dative plural of oftsithe n., used adverbially. Compare Old Icelandic opt-sinnum many times. Compare slightly earlier oftsithes adv., and later often sithe adv. at often adv. and adj. Compounds 1.The reflex of the Old English dative plural ending -um survives in the early Middle English form ofte siðen. In Middle English written indifferently as one word or as two.
Obsolete.
= oftsithes adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [adverb]
unseldea950
oftOE
thickOE
ylomeOE
oftsithec1175
oftsithesc1175
lomec1200
oftlya1225
oft-stounds1303
continuallyc1305
oftena1325
rifely1357
oft-timesc1384
oft-timec1387
oftentimesa1393
oftentimec1395
fele-sitha1400
lightlya1400
oftentide?a1400
rifea1400
seresitha1400
many a foldc1400
often sithec1405
hauntinglyc1440
by many a foldc1450
fele-syss1489
frequently1531
feltymesc1540
oftens1567
oftenly1574
frequent1614
repeatedlya1647
(as) often as not1723
more often (or oftener) than not1723
not uncommonly1747
not infrequently1779
(at) every whip-stitch1824
oftenwhilesa1850
at short intervals1859
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 228 He let te posstless sen himm wel. Well offte siþe onn erþe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 306 Of swich witung is muchel uuel jlumpen ofte siðen.
c1300 Oxf. Student (Harl.) 17 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 40 (MED) Þeȝ þis child were ȝung, of þis deol ofte siþe hit þoȝte.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5337 Ofte siþe [v.rr. ofte seþþe, ofte tymes] aboue he was, and bineþe ofter mo.
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 4 (MED) Als thaire dedis ofte sithe openly shewes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12534 (MED) And of-sith [a1400 Fairf. oft-siþe; a1400 Gött. ofte-syde] ‘walawai!’ he said.
c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 37 Ese and welþe drawiþ men oftsiþ to synne.
a1415 T. Hoccleve Balade Duke of York l. 51 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 51 My colours sette ofte sythe awry.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 127 (MED) Full oft sythe with hys boystous blast..he drofe hym on the sande.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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