ˈoft-ˌtime, adv. (a.) Obs. or arch.
Forms: see oft and time; also 5–6 oftyme.
[f. oft adv. + time, substituted for oft-sithe: as in other phrases.]
= next. In quot. 1896 as adj.: Frequent, that has often been: cf. sometime.
| 1414 Brampton Penit. Ps. (Percy Soc.) 23 Thowȝ I do ofte tyme amys. 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour H j, Oftyme hit displeaseth god. 1514 Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 2 To se the cyte oftyme whyle he was ladde. 1567 Satir. Poems Reform. v. 147 For men oftyme of meinest sort,..Hes geuin gude counsall to the wyse. 1896 Daily News 12 Sept. 5/1 The oft-time Premier of the Colony. |