- /yː/
Modern editions use ⟨ȳ⟩ to
distinguish long /yː/ from
short /y/. z /ts/ A rare
spelling for /ts/; e.g.
betst ("best") is
occasionally spelt bezt....
-
listed editions. Hough, Carole; Lowe,
Kathryn A., eds. (2002). 'Lastworda
Betst':
Essays in
Memory of
Christine E. Fell with her
Unpublished Writings. Donington:...
- 1080/0013838X.2010.488846. Paul Cavill, 'Bede and Cædmon’s Hymn', in ‘Lastworda
Betst’:
Essays in
Memory of
Christine E. Fell with her
Unpublished Writings, ed...
- hīehst. A few more
become totally different words: gōd ("good") → betera,
betst; yfel ("bad") → wiersa, wierrest; miċel ("much/a lot/big") → māra ("more/bigger")...
-
feaht wið Scottas, 7
aflymde þone kyng Macbeoðen, 7
ofsloh eall þæt þær
betst wæs on þam lande, 7 lædde þonan
micele herehuðe
swilce nan man ær ne begeat...
-
could be
written as "best":
Modern English "best" was
earlier written as "
betst" but had lost the
medial -t- by the
thirteenth century;
Modern English "beast"...
