"betera" meaning in Old English

See betera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian betera (West Frisian better), Old Saxon betiro (Low German beter), Low German beter, Old High German bezziro (German besser), Old Norse betri (Danish bedre, Swedish bättre), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*batiʀō}} Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, {{cog|ofs|betera}} Old Frisian betera, {{cog|fy|better}} West Frisian better, {{cog|osx|betiro}} Old Saxon betiro, {{cog|nds|beter}} Low German beter, {{cog|nds|-}} Low German, {{m|nl|beter}} beter, {{cog|goh|bezziro}} Old High German bezziro, {{cog|de|besser}} German besser, {{cog|non|betri}} Old Norse betri, {{cog|da|bedre}} Danish bedre, {{cog|sv|bättre}} Swedish bättre, {{cog|got|𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰}} Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|betera}} Forms: gōd [positive], weak [table-tags], betera [masculine, nominative, singular], betere [feminine, nominative, singular], betere [neuter, nominative, singular], beteran [accusative, masculine, singular], beteran [accusative, feminine, singular], betere [accusative, neuter, singular], beteran [genitive, masculine, singular], beteran [feminine, genitive, singular], beteran [genitive, neuter, singular], beteran [dative, masculine, singular], beteran [dative, feminine, singular], beteran [dative, neuter, singular], beteran [instrumental, masculine, singular], beteran [feminine, instrumental, singular], beteran [instrumental, neuter, singular], beteran [masculine, nominative, plural], beteran [feminine, nominative, plural], beteran [neuter, nominative, plural], beteran [accusative, masculine, plural], beteran [accusative, feminine, plural], beteran [accusative, neuter, plural], beterra [genitive, masculine, plural], beterena [genitive, masculine, plural], beterra [feminine, genitive, plural], beterena [feminine, genitive, plural], beterra [genitive, neuter, plural], beterena [genitive, neuter, plural], beterum [dative, masculine, plural], beterum [dative, feminine, plural], beterum [dative, neuter, plural], beterum [instrumental, masculine, plural], beterum [feminine, instrumental, plural], beterum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. better
    Sense id: en-betera-ang-adj-19Xcw2lC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bettre",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bettre\nEnglish: better\nScots: better\nYola: bethther",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bettre\nEnglish: better\nScots: better\nYola: bethther"
    }
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      "name": "dercat"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian betera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian better",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "betiro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon betiro",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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      },
      "expansion": "Low German beter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German",
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      },
      "expansion": "beter",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bezziro",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "German besser",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse betri",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "got",
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      },
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    {
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "beterum",
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    {
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "form": "beterum",
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        "feminine",
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    },
    {
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        "Old English non-lemma forms",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "betera"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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