Dictionary entry

Oft

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Oft (ŏft; 115), adv. [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf. Often.] Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. Chaucer.

Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.