An archaic or dialectal word meaning 'always' or 'continually,' used in Middle English and Old English texts.
From Old English eal (all) + gāte (gate/way), literally meaning 'all the way' or 'entirely.' Over time it became a single word meaning 'always' before falling out of use.
The word 'algate' literally means 'all gate' or 'all the way'—our ancestors built time adverbs from the same words they used for space, showing how we think about duration!
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