A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Word Explorer: betere

Number of occurrences in corpus: 23

Genesis B 659b ncyninges || his hyldo is unc betere / to gewinnanne || þonne his w
Elene 599b tum / bylde to bote || he þæt betere geceas / wuldres wynne || ond
Elene 600b ielde tō bōte. || Hē þæt betere ġe·ċēas, / wuldres wynne ||
Elene 606b ryrded breostsefa || on þæt betere lif / gewended to wuldre || hur
Elene 607b rded brēost-sefa || on þæt betere līf, / ġe·wended tō wuldre.
Elene 622b beornes in burgum || on þæt betere forþ / æ hælendes || þa gen
Elene 623b beornes on burgum || on þæt betere forþ, / ǣ hǣlendes. || Þā
Christ C 1301a folc sēoþ. / Wǣre him þonne betere || þæt hīe bealu-dǣde, / ǣ
Maxims I 174a | hafaþ him wyrd ġe·tēod; / betere him wǣre þæt hē brōðor
Guthlac A 779b / bīdan mōste, || hwonne him betere līf / þurh godes willan || ā
Riddles 40 28b orht on blōstman, || iċ eom betere þonne hēo; / swelċe iċ nard
The Paris Psalter 118:72 1a wel leornade / / # / me is micle betere || þæt ic bebodu healde / þi
The Paris Psalter 118:72 2a leornode. / / # / Mē is miċele betere, || þæt iċ be·bodu healde,
The Paris Psalter 118:103 4b hunige mycle / and beobreade || betere and swetre / / # / on bebodum þi
The Paris Psalter 118:104 1b e miċele / and bēo-brēade || betere and swētre. / / # / On be·bodum
The Paris Psalter 62:4 1b / ys þin milde mod || micele betere / þonne þis læne lif || þe
The Paris Psalter 83:9 1a onsyne || cristes þines / / # / betere is micle || to gebidanne / anne
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 12 19b o soþe gesælþ || symle þe betere / and þy wynsumre || þe he wi
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 20 187b þridde gecynd || þæm twæm betere / sio gesceadwisnes || nis þæ
The Lord's Prayer II 92a we geworhton || on worldrice / betere and wyrse || ðar beoð buta
Instructions for Christians 71a e bið ællunga || ungelice%. / Betere bið þe dusige, || gif he on
The Battle of Maldon 30b agas wiþ gebeorge || and eow betere is / þæt ge þisne garræs ||
The Battle of Maldon 31b iþ ġe·beorĝe; || and ēow betere is / þæt ġe þisne gār-ræs