Etymology

OE eall + gate, and cp. OIcel alla gǫtu ‘always’.

PGmc Ancestor

*gatwōn 

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

gata ‘way, path, road’
(ONP gata (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far gata, gøta, Icel gata, Norw gate, gote, Dan gade, Sw gata

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

[absence of palatalization of */ɡ/] (possibly diagnostic)

Summary category

B2

Attestation

Less restricted dialectally than gate in ME (inc. occurrences in AW, Chaucer, etc.);  N dial in MnE.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 141

Bibliography

MED al-gāte(s (adv.) , OED algate, -s (adv.) , HTOED , EDD algate, algates, allgates (adv.), Dance al-gate, Bj. 151