A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryNumber of occurrences in corpus: 5
| Christ C 1301a | a folc seoð / wære him ðonne | betre | || ðæt hy bealodæde / ælces |
| Maxims I 174a | ian || hafað him wyrd geteod / | betre | him wære ðæt he broðor ah |
| Guthlac A 779b | gum / bidan moste || hwonne him | betre | lif / ðurh godes willan || agy |
| Riddles 4 28b | / beorht on blostman || ic eom | betre | ðonne heo / swylce ic nardes s |
| Riddles 40 29b | beorht on blostman, || ic eom | betre | þonne heo; / swylce ic nardes |