| 单词 | oftsithes |
| 释义 | ˈoftˌsithes, adv. Obs.
Forms: 4 oft siþes, (-is, -s), 4–5 ofte siþes, etc., 4–5 oftsithes, etc. Also β. 4 oftsyis(s, oftsiss, -syse, -sise, 4–5 -syss.
[app. orig. a northern form (but also Kentish in Ayenb.) corresp. to southern oftesiþe: see prec. The -s was prob. a plural ending, taking the place of the lost dat. pl. -en in ofte siðen (cf. OE. on oftsíðas on many occasions, oft-times); less prob. the adverbial genitive -s, or repr. the -is of ON. optsinnis oft-times.]
Oftentimes, often.
a1300Cursor M. 7703 (Cott.) Oftsithes [Fairf. oft siþe, Gött. oft sith, Trin. ofte] moght he him ha tan. Ibid. 16813. 1340 Ayenb. 249–50 To ane riche manne hit were ofteziþes to lite. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3496 Ofte sythes of þe day men falles In syns, þat clerkes veniel calles. c1386Chaucer Prol. 485 Swich he was y-preued ofte sithes [rime tithes]. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. xxii. (Pynson) G j b, He..came to mete as he was wonte to do oft sythes. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. 18 Some haue had oftsithes swete sauours two dayes or thre togider.
β13..Cursor M. 27580 (Cott.) We may se bitide and of⁓sise [Fairf. of siþe] Þe standand fall, the falland rise. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Egipciane) 1121 Of kneis thankand god oft-syse. c1450Holland Howlat 274 Thus argewe thai ernistly wounder oftsyss. c1500Lancelot 2594 Ȝhit he was pure, he prewit wel oft-syss. a1568in Bannatyne MS. (1878) 780/6 Oft syiss he sicht, and said, Allace. |
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