oft

oft

islanti

  1. usein +luokka|is|aika

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monesti puhekieltä often; frequently; not rarely; many times.

An oft-told tale

1623, (w), (w), Act II, Scene 1, 1765, w:Samuel Johnson|Samuel Johnson, w:George Steevens|George Steevens (editors), (w), Volume 4, 1778, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uR8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=%22He+that+of+greatest+works+is+finisher%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GnNrUb2uEYfMrQfeoYH4Dw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22He%20that%20of%20greatest%20works%20is%20finisher%22&f=false page 45,
What I can do, can do no hurt to try: / Since you ſet up your reſt 'gainſt remedy: / He that of greateſt works is finiſher, / Oft does them by the weakeſt miniſter; / So holy writ in babes hath judgment ſhown, / When judges have been babes.
1819, w:Lord Byron|George Gordon Byron, John Galt (biography), The Pophecy of Dante, Canto the Fourth, 1857, The Complete Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cqNOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA403&dq=%22And+how+is+it+that+they,+the+sons+of+fame%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nJ9rUbW4ENCaiAfM5YDwCQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22And%20how%20is%20it%20that%20they%2C%20the%20sons%20of%20fame%22&f=false page 403,
And how is it that they, the sons of fame, / Whose inspiration seems to them to shine / From high, they whom the nations oftest name, / Must pass their days in penury or pain, / Or step to grandeur through the paths of shame, / And wear a deeper brand and gaudier chain?
1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vs8ugbiI7X4C&pg=PA203&dq=%22ofter%22%7C%22oftest%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r3hrUZKpEqeviQeKtoFY&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22ofter%22%7C%22oftest%22&f=false page 203,
The moonlight falls the softest / In Kentucky; / The summer days come oftest / In Kentucky;
often

Ég fer oft í ræktina.

I often go to the gym.

Ég er oftast í tölva tölvunni.

I spend most of my time on the computer.

Ég hef sigrað oftar en þú!

I've won more often than you!

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