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betera

  • adjective
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Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód] BETTER; melior
Wright's OE grammar
§47; §223; §252; §260; §279; §445;
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  • Ðæt hý wǽron beteran þegnas

    that they were better thanes,

      Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 23.
  • Ða betran tída

    the better times,

      4, 9; Bos. 92, 18.
  • To beteran tíde

    to a better time,

      Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39.
  • Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera? Mt. Bos. 12, 12; hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Wyc. Hit is betre

    it is a better [thing],

      Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6.
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v.  betre.
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  • betera, adj.