Best
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - best
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- best
- ad BEST, most; optime :-- Ðe helpes best behófaþ who most wants help, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3; MS. A. [Plat. Dut. Ger. best, beste.] The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants. best