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'Oft' frequently means 'constantly,' 'continually,' not always 'often.'
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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'thinks that thofe who were condudted by the faid three commanders came from Livonia, and were therefore called Oft-manni ox Eaft-mannihy the Saxon writers.
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Hib.p. 106.) were all Livonian; and plainly feems to think they were called Oft-manni as being the defcendants of the OJHai or Oftioties of the Greeks, who were the Q/?
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"Oft," he said, "in the hands of the house-wife comes the crock by its fatal flaw:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Oft-repeated stats show that when the ratio of women in national legislatures is examined, the United States places 71st out of 189 countries.
Marcia G. Yerman: Women and the Political Landscape: Unraveling Perplexing Issues Marcia G. Yerman 2010
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Oft-repeated stats show that when the ratio of women in national legislatures is examined, the United States places 71st out of 189 countries.
Marcia G. Yerman: Women and the Political Landscape: Unraveling Perplexing Issues Marcia G. Yerman 2010
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The Beef: Oft-feuding brothers Nathan and Caleb Followill once got into a drunken brawl severe enough to break Caleb's arm.
Riffs: Kings of Leon vs. The World: Their biggest beefs, brawls and blow-ups Allison Stewart 2010
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Oft-repeated stats show that when the ratio of women in national legislatures is examined, the United States places 71st out of 189 countries.
Marcia G. Yerman: Women and the Political Landscape: Unraveling Perplexing Issues Marcia G. Yerman 2010
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So do Shakespeare's: "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises."
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So do Shakespeare's: "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises."
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