- often - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”)
- ofte - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
ofte (archaic or formal, except in fixed expressions) or synonym Synonym: of Antwoord gewoon ja ofte nee, aan dit gebabbel heb ik niets Just answer yes or no, this babbling is of no use to me
- oft - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle High German ofte, oft, uft, from Old High German ofta, ofto, oftu, from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”) Cognate with Dutch oft, English oft and often
- nooit ofte nimmer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Literally, “never or never”; ofte is an archaic synonym of of (“or”)
- comune - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and ofte with him And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir…
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Descendants [edit] Icelandic: oft Faroese: ofta Norwegian Nynorsk: ofte Norwegian Bokmål: ofte Swedish: ofta Danish: ofte
- the chickens come home to roost - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Both are often said to be Spanish or Turkish in origin The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes that Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in The Parson's Tale: “And ofte tyme swich cursynge wrongfully retorneth agayn to hym that curseth, as a bryd that retorneth agayn to his owene nest ” [1]
- Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic ufta - Wiktionary
Old English: oft Middle English: oft, ofte, often Scots: oft, oftin, aften English: oft, often → Esperanto: ofte → Ido: ofte Old Frisian: ofta, ofte North Frisian: oft, oftem Saterland Frisian: oafte Old Saxon: ofto, oft Middle Low German: ofte, oft Low German: oft Old Dutch: ofto Middle Dutch: ofte Dutch: oft (obsolete) Old High German
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