A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 8
| Elene 67b | nig wæs / ælærendra || oþer | betera | / under swegles hleo || syþþa |
| 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 | e / bearn healfdenes || se wæs | betera | ðonne ic / siððan ða fæhð |
| Beowulf 1703a | ðæt ðes eorl wære / geboren | betera | || blæd is aræred / geond wid |
| Solomon and Saturn 165b | | hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ | betera?’ | / ‘Mōdor ne rǣdeþ, || þon |
| The Battle of Maldon 274b | es / ofer bæc bugan || þa his | betera | leg / he bræc þone bordweall |
| The Battle of Maldon 276b | fer bæc būĝan, || þā his | betera | leġ. / Hē bræc þone bord-we |