foroft

Old English

Etymology

for +‎ oft

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈoft/

Adverb

foroft

1. very often
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...

     It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “for-oft”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.