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adverb.
many times at short intervals
Word Usage
"Ten Br. proposes: oft seldan (= _gave_) wǣre æfter lēod-hryre: lȳtle hwīle bongār būgeð, þēah sēo brȳd duge = _oft has a treaty been given after the fall of a prince: but little while the murder-spear resteth, however excellent the bride be."