"oft" meaning in Old English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seldan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "ofte"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ufta"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *ufta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oftor",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oftost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "oftor",
        "sup": "oftost"
      },
      "expansion": "oft (comparative oftor, superlative oftost)",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A loner oft waits a grace for himself,\nCreator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,\nMetudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I oft see a war, a dangerous battle.",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:",
          "text": "Oft iċ wīġ sēo, frēcne feohtan.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "often, oft"
      ],
      "id": "en-oft-ang-adv-Tybwvf5k",
      "links": [
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "oft",
          "oft#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oft/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oft"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seldan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "ofte"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ufta"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *ufta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oftor",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oftost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "oftor",
        "sup": "oftost"
      },
      "expansion": "oft (comparative oftor, superlative oftost)",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English adverbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A loner oft waits a grace for himself,\nCreator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,\nMetudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I oft see a war, a dangerous battle.",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:",
          "text": "Oft iċ wīġ sēo, frēcne feohtan.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "often, oft"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "oft",
          "oft#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/oft/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oft"
}