betst
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
betst
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of beste
Adverb[edit]
betst
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of beste
Old English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
betst (positive gōd)
- Alternative form of betest
Old Saxon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *batistaz (“best”). Compare Old English betest, betst, Old Frisian betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).
Adverb[edit]
betst
- best
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?
- If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Descendants[edit]
- Low German: best
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- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English adjective forms
- Early Middle English
- Middle English adverb forms
- Old English non-lemma forms
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- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon adverbs
- Old English terms with quotations