A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 6
| Elene 68b | wæs / ǣ-lǣrendra || ōðer | betera | / under sweġeles hlēow || si |
| Juliana 100b | īnum brȳd-guman, || sē is | betera | þonne þū, / æðelra for eor |
| Beowulf 469b | arn Healf·denes; || sē wæs | betera | þonne iċ. / Siþþan þā fǣ |
| Beowulf 1703a | æt þēs eorl wǣre / ġeboren | betera. | || Blǣd is ā·rǣred / ġond |
| Solomon and Saturn 165b | | hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ | betera?’ | / ‘Mōdor ne rǣdeþ, || þon |
| The Battle of Maldon 276b | fer bæc būĝan, || þā his | betera | leġ. / Hē bræc þone bord-we |