bazt

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Verb

bazt

1. second-person singular past indicative active of biðja
2. second-person singular past indicative active of binda

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *batist, elder form of bezt. See also the adjectival form beztr.

Adverb

bazt

1. superlative degree of vel

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “betr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 61