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Middle English
Adjective
betst
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of beste
Adverb
betst
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of beste
Old English
Adjective
betst (positive gōd)
- Alternative form of betest
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Syxta wæs Ōswald, Norðanhymbra cyning sē betsta ⁊ sē crīstenesta, sē þissum ilcum ġemǣrum rīċe hæfde. - Sixth was Oswald, the best and most Christian king of the Northumbrians, who ruled over this same territory.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *batistaz (“best”). Compare Old English betest, betst, Old Frisian betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).
Adverb
betst
- best
Descendants