A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 10
| Genesis B 795b | līeġe, || ac þis is landa | betst, | / þæt wit þurh uncres hearra |
| Christ C 1105b | him tō bealwe || þæt him | betst | be·cōm, / ðǣr hīe hit tō |
| The Seafarer 73b | / lof libbendra || lāst-worda | betst, | / þæt hē ġe·wyrċe, || ǣr |
| Beowulf 453a | mec hild nime, / beadu-sċrūda | betst, | || þæt mīne brēost wereþ |
| Beowulf 1109a | of horde. || Here-Sċieldinga / | betst | beadu-rinca || wæs on bǣl |
| The Paris Psalter 118:61 1a | lles grames mōdes, / þæt iċ | betst | cunne || þīne be·bodu heal |
| The Paris Psalter 118:104 2b | be·bodum þīnum || iċ mē | betst | on·cnēow, / þæt iċ unrihte |
| The Metres of Boethius: Metre 2 13b | rēowum, || þe iċ him ǣfre | betst | / trūwian sċolde. || Hīe mē |
| The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30 4b | m mǣran sċope || māġistra | betst. | / Hwæt, sē Omerus || oft and |
| The Menologium 52a | metod sċolde / cennan, cyninga | betst, | || swā hit ġe·cȳðed wear |