Besta

Old English Dictionary Entry

Besta

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: betst;

Definitions

1 besta

m : seó, ðæt beste the BEST; optimus :-- Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b. adj. besta

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛋᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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