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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

betr adv. compar. [superl. bezt/bazt; pos. → vel adv.]

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

1) [við e-n] bedre, på rigtigere vis, mere venligsindet (over for ngn) ⫽ better, more correct, more friendly (to sby)

‖ bezt [e-rra] [við e-n] (superl.) bedst (af alle) ⫽ best (of all):

● betr ok betr bedre og bedre, stedse bedre ⫽ better and better, progressively better

●●● þeir lifa betr oc betr es rétt trua ●FV15³(1993) 92r⁷

● eigi/... betr en (svá at ...) ikke bedre end (at ...), “hverken værre eller bedre end (at ...)” ⫽ not better than (that ...)

● er betr er heldigvis ⫽ fortunately

● gera betr ?gøre bod og bedring ⫽ ?make amends

●●● gera ransmenn ok þiofar annat tveggia, letta af stvldvm ok gera betr eða flyia brott i hina mestv fiarlægð Mar655XXXII 449¹

● vilja betr gǫrt hafa ønske bedre/mildere afgørelse el. fastsættelse, vise nåde ⫽ wish to make a milder/more lenient judgement or assessment, show mercy

● hafa betr/bezt
1) være i bedre/bedste position, komme bedre/bedst ud af det, vinde sejr ⫽ be better/best placed, be one of the winning party, come out on top

2) opføre sig bedre/rigtigere ⫽ show better conduct, behave better

● sem bezt så godt som muligt, på allerbedste måde ⫽ as well as possible, in the best possible way

● vánum betr bedre end forventet ⫽ better than expected

●●● Mer var sliks ván ... en þo þickir mer nv vanum betr ef hann hefir eigi meiðt ykkr Fær61 29²⁶

● þess betr er så meget desto bedre som ⫽ so much the better when/if

● því betr er/sem så meget desto bedre som ⫽ all the more as

● því er betr at ... det er så heldigt at ..., heldigvis ⫽ fortunately

2) hellere, snarere ⫽ rather

‖ bezt (superl.) helst, snarest ⫽ preferably:

3) mere, længere, i tilgift ⫽ more, further, longer, in addition

‖ betr [e-u] (så og så meget) mere, længere ⫽ (to such and such an extent) more, longer:

Form.: betr (104); bazt (43); bezt (28); betur (23); bætr (16); best (7); betvr (4); bæzt (4); batst (4); bæter (4); bazst (3); batz (3); bezst (2); Betr (2); bætter (1); bez (1); bo᷎tr (1); bætær (1); bettz (1); batzt (1); baz (1); bættær (1); bæztt (1); bzt (1); battz (1); bættr (1); beter (1); bettur (1); baztst (1); betþt (1); betzt (1); bætʀ (1); bestz (1);

Gloss.: EJ item batr; ClV; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2 _; Finsen _; Fr item bazt, bezt; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb; HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin _; Rím _ „ vel; LP _ „ vel; Med bettur, item bettz; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH; AJ; deVr; Fr4 _; NO; Walter _; ÁBlM (betri); Bl item best, bezt; WPA _;

Genre. (expected): religious works [rel]: 57 (70); historical works [his]: 52 (46); romances [rom]: 51 (27); family sagas [isl]: 36 (32); legal works [jur]: 31 (25); charters [dip]: 15 (20); contemporary sagas [bis]: 10 (19); legendary sagas [fas]: 7 (11); learned works [div]: 4 (8); unclassified [ ]: 3 (1); þættir [tot]: 0 (6);

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