beztr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • baztr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *batistaz, superlative degree of *gōdaz. See also betri (“better”), bazt (“adverb”).

Adjective

beztr

  1. superlative degree of góðr

Declension

  • batna (“to get better, to be improved, to recover”)
  • betri (“better”)
  • bót (“improvement, compensation”)
  • bœta (“to improve, to compensate”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bestur
  • Faroese: bestur
  • Norwegian: best
  • Old Swedish: bæzter, bazter, bæster
  • Danish: bedst

References

  • “beztr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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