Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

ætíð (not comparable)

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