A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber 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 |