"betra" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

Etymology: From Old Norse betra. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|betra}} Old Norse betra Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|betraði||{{{22}}}|supine|betrað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} betra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative betraði, supine betrað) Forms: betraði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], betrað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], betraður [masculine, nominative, singular], betruð [feminine, nominative, singular], betrað [neuter, nominative, singular], betraðir [masculine, nominative, plural], betraðar [feminine, nominative, plural], betruð [neuter, nominative, plural], betraðan [accusative, masculine, singular], betraða [accusative, feminine, singular], betrað [accusative, neuter, singular], betraða [accusative, masculine, plural], betraðar [accusative, feminine, plural], betruð [accusative, neuter, plural], betruðum [dative, masculine, singular], betraðri [dative, feminine, singular], betruðu [dative, neuter, singular], betruðum [dative, masculine, plural], betruðum [dative, feminine, plural], betruðum [dative, neuter, plural], betraðs [genitive, masculine, singular], betraðrar [feminine, genitive, singular], betraðs [genitive, neuter, singular], betraðra [genitive, masculine, plural], betraðra [feminine, genitive, plural], betraðra [genitive, neuter, plural], betraði [masculine, nominative, singular], betraða [feminine, nominative, singular], betraða [neuter, nominative, singular], betruðu [masculine, nominative, plural], betruðu [feminine, nominative, plural], betruðu [neuter, nominative, plural], betraða [accusative, masculine, singular], betruðu [accusative, feminine, singular], betraða [accusative, neuter, singular], betruðu [accusative, masculine, plural], betruðu [accusative, feminine, plural], betruðu [accusative, neuter, plural], betraða [dative, masculine, singular], betruðu [dative, feminine, singular], betraða [dative, neuter, singular], betruðu [dative, masculine, plural], betruðu [dative, feminine, plural], betruðu [dative, neuter, plural], betraða [genitive, masculine, singular], betruðu [feminine, genitive, singular], betraða [genitive, neuter, singular], betruðu [genitive, masculine, plural], betruðu [feminine, genitive, plural], betruðu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to better, to improve Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-betra-is-verb-Ak5r2IwH Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 33 17 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 28 22 27
     
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      "form": "betraðrar",
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      "form": "betraðs",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      "form": "betraðra",
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      "form": "betraðra",
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      "form": "betraða",
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      "form": "betraða",
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      "form": "betruðu",
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      "form": "betruðu",
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      "form": "betruðu",
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      "form": "betraða",
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      "form": "betruðu",
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      "form": "betraða",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "betruðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "betrað",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{33}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "weak verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "betraði",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{22}}}",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "weak verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "betra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative betraði, supine betrað)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Icelandic lemmas",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic verbs",
        "Icelandic weak verbs",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to better, to improve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "betra"
}

Download raw JSONL data for betra meaning in Icelandic (5.7kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "betra"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "betra",
  "trace": "started on line 4, detected on line 4"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "betra"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "betra",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 4"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "betra"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "betra",
  "trace": ""
}

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