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betri

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betra, , and BEZTR, baztr, batztr, the to ‘góðr,’ which serves as the :—in the the primitive a becomes e; thus old poets of the beginning of the 11th century, as Sighvat, rhyme betri—setrs; the old form batri however occurs, 655 xx. 4: in the the a was kept till the end of the 12th century. Sighvat rhymes, last—bazti; old vellum now and then still spell with a (bazt, baztr …), 371, Ísl. ii. 324, ii. 165, 252, xi. 214, 220, 13, 26, 47, 39, Lb. 12, 11, Ýt. 27, 625. 42, x. (Ágrip) 418; baþztra (baztra), , 398, 401 (but betþt, 385); bazta (), 36: and bözt, with a changed vowel, bözt heill, , 2. 19; böztu (böþtu), , x. 401, 403, 415: it is spelt with z, tz (in Ágrip even þt), or zt, in spelling often s, as in , and pronounced at present as an s, [ batizo, batisto; batra and betsta, besta; better and best; besser and beste]:—better, best; meira ok betra, 45, 193; betri, v. 18; beztr kostr, 1, 25; beztr bóndi, 22.
β. kind, friendly towards one; with , er honum hafði baztr verit, 625. 42; er mér hefir beztr verit, vii. 274: er þér fyrir því bezt …, it is best for thee, thou doest best to accept it, 225; því at þinn hlutr má eigi verða betri en góðr, 256; betra byr ok blíðara, 625. 4: with , meðan bezt er sumars, during the best part of the summer, 29, , v. góðr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
  • posit.positive.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • sing.eintala (e. singular)
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • mod.modern.
  • Engl.English.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Germ.German.
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • Glúm.Víga-Glúms saga. (D. II.)
  • Heið. S.Heiðarvíga saga. (D. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
  • Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
  • Pd.Placidus-drápa. (A. III.)
  • Eluc.Elucidarium. (F. II.)
  • Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Dipl.Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)