Betr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - betr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "betr" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

betr: betr, adv. comp. svarer til Posit. vel,Superl. bezt. 1) bedre, mods. verr;vilda ek at þér þótti eigi verr, þótt ekgerða þér eigi orð, þá er kaupit réðz;betr pótti mér at ek kœma hvergi ínánd, sagði Rútr Nj. 10; mit skil-dumst aldri þá er betr gékk (dvs. ilykkeligere Dage) Pr. 23112; er betr erdvs. som bedre er, Fm. IX, 409; nemahann sé betr at sér Klm. 30623; atH. skyldi betr við hana vera (dvs. op-føre sig bedre mod hende) héðan af Vem.1633; hafa betr a) have bedre, bedstLykke, Fsk. 36; b) vælge, gjøre detbedre, bedste, Post. 69310; Flat. I, 7413. 2) længere frem, i større Udstrækning, mere (jvf mht. & mnl. bet, se Zeitschr. f. d. Phil. VI, 44114. 22); leggit frambetr hit mikla skipit Fm. II, 307; sváhár, at engi annarra tók betr en í öxlhonum OH. 21112; er lifði þrettánhundruð vetra ok þó betr (dvs. og endnu længere) Elucid. 16915; ef hann orkar,má betr Grg. II, 3; var hann heillupp frá þeirri stundu sem hann hafðiáðr verit eðr betr (dvs. eller endnu fri- skere) Bp. I, 3442; getr jarl rétta fylk-ing sína ok ekki betr dvs. det var saavidt at Jarlen fik - men heller ikkemere, Jómsv. 738 (Flat. I, 19011); tókloðólpu eina stutta - eigi betr en 5penninga verða (dvs. ikke mere værd en5 p.) Heilag. I, 62116; þá váro betren hundrað riddara -, er sakir ást-semdar Elis herklæddust El. 129;betr en 30 vetra DN. I, 1228 jvf X, 2126;betr en 20 menn Fm. IX, 339; jvfSturl. II, 358; betr en hundrað sinnum,en tvau hundrað manna El. 7614; Str.44. 50; Bellagarð betr en halfan innraveginn DN. I, 150.

Part of speech: adv comp

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚽᛏᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adv.: Adverbium.

comp.: Comparativ.

f.: Feminin.

it.: italiensk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

mnl.: middelnederlandsk.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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