betst
- adjective
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Ða þing ðe ge betstan gelífaþ [MS. betst ongelifaþ]
ea quæ vos optima credebatis,
- Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, note 12.
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Scipio, se besta [Laud MS. betsta] Rómana witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b. Se betesta
the best,
- Cot. 153.
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He sealde ðæt betste hors
he gave the best horse,
- Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16.
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Ðara betstena sumes
of some one of the best,
- Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 5.
- [Goth. bats? good; comp. batiza better; sup. batists best : O. Nrs. comp. betri better; sup. beztr best.]
Bosworth, Joseph. “betst.” 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/4094.
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