beztr
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *batistaz, superlative degree of *gōdaz. See also betri (“better”), bazt (“adverb”).
Adjective
editbeztr
Declension
edit Strong declension of beztr
Weak declension of beztr
Related terms
edit- batna (“to get better, to be improved, to recover”)
- betri (“better”)
- bót (“improvement, compensation”)
- bœta (“to improve, to compensate”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: bestur
- Faroese: bestur
- Norwegian: best
- Old Swedish: bæzter, bazter, bæster
- Swedish: bäst
- Danish: bedst
References
edit- “beztr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press