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betera

(adj.)
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

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BETTER; melior 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?

Linked entry: betre

betera

(adj.)
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Fr. betera: O. H. Ger. pezziro.]

betera

(adj.)
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¶ . Add:: Prov. K. 41

beterian

(v.)
Grammar
beterian, p. ode; pp. od; [betera better]

To make better, ameliorate ⬩ meliorari, emendare

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To make better, ameliorate; meliorari, emendare

Linked entries: betigean betrian

bétere

Similar entry: dǽd-bétere

betesta

(adj.)

best

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best Se betesta the best, Cot. 153

beterian

(v.)
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Hé árás beterian þá leóht (ad melioranda lumi-naria) . . hé beterode ꝥ leóht (refovebat lumen), Gr. D. 227, 4-6. Betriende meliorando, 283, 27. Add

BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν

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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26. Wyrc drænc of ðære bétan [MS. beton] work a drink of the beet

betest

(adj.)
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Ðone betestan (betstan, v. l.) tíman, Past. 281, 22. Add:

béte

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Béte beta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 68 : prosopes, i. 68, 31. Add:

betre

(adj.)

better

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better Hit is betre it is better, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5

bétel

Similar entry: bítel

ge-beterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beterian, -betrian; p. ode; pp. od [ge-, beterian to make better, betera better]

To better ⬩ make better ⬩ meliōrāre ⬩ emendāre

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To better, make better; meliōrāre, emendāre Ðe mid ðære láre gebeterode wǽron who were bettered by that instruction, Homl. Th. i. 406, 32. Ða scamfæstan beóþ oft mid gemetlícre láre gebetrode the modest are often improved with moderate instruction. Past

Linked entry: beterian

béta

Similar entry: dǽd-béta

-béte

(suffix)

Similar entry: twi-béte

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
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After dǽdbéterum insert: (poenitentibus), and for Nap. 16 l. Chrd. 80, 24

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétere, es; m.
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A penitent Ne mæg man ná dǽdbéterum þis dón, Nap. 16

Linked entry: bétere

be-teón

to cover ⬩ to bestow ⬩ assign

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I. and II. (v. teón to draw). Add: to cover: Swilce hi heora fét mid deádra nýtena fellum beteón, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 3. Mid pælle betogen. Chr. 1075 ; P. 209, 31. to bestow, assign Eád. werd geaf Ulfe ꝥ ꝥríce, and hit yfele beteáh, Chr. 1049; P. 171,

æft-beteht

re-assigned

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re-assigned, R. Ben. 4

ge-beterian

(v.)
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ꝥ wé úre líf and úre þeáwas gebeterian, Hml. A. 149, 136. Þæt hý for ðǽre scame gebeterede sýn (emendentur), R. Ben. 68, 18. Add

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