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oft.

often

3 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

adv

often
Ég fer oft í ræktina.
Ég er oftast í tölvunni.

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse oft (“often”), opt (“oft, often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).

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