Old English Dictionary Entry

BET

Part of speech: bett; Related words: wel

Definitions

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1 BET

adv. [? from bet well; comp. betor better? contracted to bet; sup. betost contracted to betst, q. v.] BETTER; melius :-- Ðá acsode he, to hwylcum tíman him bet wǽre interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24. Hwonne his horse bett wurde till his horse should be better, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34. [Chauc. Piers bet : Scot. bet : O. Sax. bet : Frs. O. Frs. bet : M. Dut. N. Dut. bet : Ger. basz : M. H. Ger. baz : O. H. Ger. baz : O. Nrs. betr.] DER. abet. well. bet

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Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Nrs.: Old Norse
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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