betera
- adjective
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Ðæt hý wǽron beteran þegnas
that they were better thanes,
- Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 23.
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Ða betran tída
the better times,
- 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18.
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To beteran tíde
to a better time,
- Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39.
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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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “betera.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4042.
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