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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Oft-time,) Oft-, Offt-tyme, Of-tym(e, adv. [Late ME. ofte tyme (1414), e.m.E. oftyme (1514).] = Oft-times. 1375 Barb. ii. 54.
Quhen he oft tyme had callit bene a1400 Leg. S. ii. 930.
A-mang thefis … He wes of tym perele in Ib. xxx. 7.
Ȝet mon he falȝe of-tyme til eschew [etc.] Ib. xl. 762. c1420 Wynt. viii. 4177.
Offttyme 1456 Hay I. 227/30.
For oft tyme a woodman slais himself and ryvis his clathis [etc.] c1460 Thewis Wysmen 130.
For in this warld oft tyme men seis [etc.] c1460 Consail Vys Man 18. a1538 Abell 113 b (see Office n. 5). a1568 Bann. MS. 217 b/33.
Oft tyme hes bene hard [etc.] 1567 Sat. P. v. 147.
For men oftyme of meinest sort … Hes geuin gude counsall to the wyse