adv.
Gaw as-tyt; WA as-tyte
'at once; in a moment' (Modern English astite, as tite (adv. phr.))
PGmc Ancestor
*tīða-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
tíðr ‘frequent, usual, customary’
(ONP tíðr (2) (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far tíð, Icel tíð, tíður, Norw tid, Dan tid, Sw tid
OE Cognate
tīd (n.) ‘time’
Phonological and morphological markers
ON consonant cluster assimilation
<p>ON adjectival (adverbial) <em>-t</em></p>
Summary category
A3*c
In ME predominantly N and E and alliterative (incl. PP and WPal.), but occasionally more widely. MnE N and Sc dial.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 31, 1210; Pe 645; WA 693
McGee alone (433) reads as tyd at Pat 100 as a further instance of this compound.