Icelandic

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Etymology

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From æ (forever) +‎ tíð (time). Compare (second morpheme “time”) Danish altid, Faroese altíð, Norwegian Bokmål alltid, Norwegian Nynorsk alltid, Swedish alltid, Dutch altijd, German allzeit, allezeit, German Low German alltiet.

Adverb

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ætíð (not comparable)

  1. (higher register) always
    Synonyms: alltaf, æ
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