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betst

  • adjective
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Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]
Wright's OE grammar
§223; §445;
Best, the best, first; optimus, primus
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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.
  • 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.
  • He sealde ðæt betste hors

    he gave the best horse,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16.
  • 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.]
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v.  besta betast betesta betost.
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