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Old English Dictionary Entry

Betera

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Definitions

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1 betera

m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, 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? 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. betera
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛏᛖᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

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)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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