Old English · adverb
bet
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /bet/
- Syllables
- bet (1 syllable)
Meaning
better
He be-het þæt he wolde and se halga ge-bæd for þæt seoce cyld and him wæs sona bet.
He promised that he would, and the saint prayed for the sick child, and he was instantly better.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"rather
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *batiz.
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