A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 15
| Genesis B 659b | cininges. || His hyldu is unc | betere | / tō ġe·winnenne || þonne h |
| Elene 600b | ielde tō bōte. || Hē þæt | betere | ġe·ċēas, / wuldres wynne || |
| Elene 607b | rded brēost-sefa || on þæt | betere | līf, / ġe·wended tō wuldre. |
| 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 2a | leornode. / / # / Mē is miċele | betere, | || þæt iċ be·bodu healde, |
| The Paris Psalter 118:104 1b | e miċele / and bēo-brēade || | betere | and swētre. / / # / On be·bodum |
| The Paris Psalter 62:4 1b | s þīn milde mōd || miċele | betere | / þonne þis lǣne līf || þe |
| The Paris Psalter 83:9 1a | ene || Crīstes þīnes. / / # / | Betere | is% miċele || tō ġe·bīda |
| The Metres of Boethius: Metre 12 19b | ðe ġe·sǣlþ || simle þȳ | betere | / and þȳ% wynsumre, || þe h |
| The Metres of Boethius: Metre 20 187b | idde ġe·cynd || þǣm twǣm | betere, | / sēo ġe·sċēadwīsness. || |
| The Battle of Maldon 31b | iþ ġe·beorĝe; || and ēow | betere | is / þæt ġe þisne gār-ræs |