beztr
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Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *batistaz, superlative degree of *gōdaz. See also betri (“better”), bazt (“adverb”).
Adjective
[edit]beztr
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of beztr
Weak declension of beztr
Related terms
[edit]- batna (“to get better, to be improved, to recover”)
- betri (“better”)
- bót (“improvement, compensation”)
- bœta (“to improve, to compensate”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: bestur
- Faroese: bestur
- Norwegian: best
- Old Swedish: bæzter, bazter, bæster
- Swedish: bäst
- Danish: bedst
References
[edit]- “beztr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press