Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP: betr adv. compar.Betr hugðak þá ... ‘I believed it was better for Vésteinn then — ...’
965...grundar nær betr, an væri ... ‘...-ground almost better than if she were ...’
987Væri betr, at bærak ... ‘It would be better that I should bear ...’
1014...húms; fór betr an vættak.... ‘...of the sea; it went better than I had expected....’
1019Lézk kunna betr an vér ... ‘He professed to know better than we [I] ...’
1024...hlýða hônum betr an prýði.... ‘...suits him better than finery....’
1055...írskum svanna betr an mér.... ‘...the Irish woman better than myself....’
1098...bǫðvar ok beztr at ǫllu, ... ‘...in warfare and best in everything, ...’
1104notes...* kunnu betr. Hann veitti ... ‘...could do better. He gave ...’
1145...mildr auðar, beztr jǫfra, sté ... ‘...generous with riches, the best of princes, ascended ...’
1153...varir; væri betr, at þegðak ... ‘...it would be far better that I should be silent; ...’
1200...sá gerir betr, er svefr ... ‘...he does better who soothes ...’
1200...sá þykkir beztr, er bæði ... ‘...he appears best, who can ...’
1258...er boðaz beztr að sönnu.... ‘...truly to be the best.’
1300...færri þótti betr, því að ... ‘...few [lit. fewer] were thought better, for ...’
1325notes...blóms samir betr en tómar ... ‘...of blossom looks better than empty ...’
1335...mér því betr, ef valr ... ‘...to me so much better, if then ...’
?...krumma dugir betr. ‘...claw is more effective.’
?...Þykkjumz hafa betr nú, buðlungr, ... ‘...I feel better now, prince, ...’
?...gjafir þínar betr, en þik ... ‘...gifts certainly better than you ...’
?notes...mundi eigi betr um boðit.... ‘...have invited me better.’
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