All-tént

Old Norse Dictionary - all-tént

Meaning of Old Norse word "all-tént" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

all-tént
adv. always, a corruption of alltjamt = alltjafnt, all-even, quite even, mt also being changed into nt, as in kondu for komdu, or kunda from koma, (mod.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚ-ᛏᛁᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
mod.
modern.
v.
vide.

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