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3. Adjectives Denoting Goodness, Usefulness, Necessity, etc.: — 
betere, better: 
Greg. 457.7: Daette hwilum Sa leohtan scylda bioS beteran to forlcetenne 
= 388.21: Quod aliquando leviora vitia relinquenda sunt. 
betst, best: 
Lcece. 44.29: wyrta Sonne sien betste to wyrcenne. 
god, good: 
Bened. 127.7 a : craeftas, Se synd gode to beganne = 194.13: ut . . . artes 
divers® . . . exerceantur. 
Mlf. Hept.: Gen. 3.6: Saet treow waes god to etanne = bonum esset lignum 
ad vescendum. 
Lcece. 34.10: fifleafe awrungenu 7 wiS win gemenged god biS to drincanne. 
niedbeSearfost, most necessary: 
Greg. 7.7: bee, Sa Se niedbeSearfosta sien eallum monnum to wiotonne = 0 . 
niedSearflic [ned-], necessary: 
Bl. Horn. 225.26: gif ic nugit sie Sinum folce neddearflic on worlde to 
hcebbenne. 
nyt(t)wierSe [-y-], useful: 
Greg. 275.14, 15: ac Sonne he nytwyr&ne timan ongiet to sprecanne, he 
forsihS Sa swigean, & spricS eall Saet he nytwyrSes ongiet to sprecanne = 208.8: 
ut nimirum cum opportunum considerat, postposita censura silentii, loquendo 
quae congruunt, in usum se utilitatis impendat. — lb. 255.12: se gaesSlica 
Faeder he us laerS nytwyrSiicu Sing to underfonne, Saet is Saet we ge(e)arnigen 
Saet ece lif = 192.23: Et illi quidem in tempore paueorum dierum secundum 
voluntatem suam erudiebant nos; hie autem ad id quod utile est in recipiendo 
sanctificationem ejus. 
selra, more excellent: 
Beow. 1851: Wen ic talige . . . Saet Se Sae-Geatas selran naebben to geceo - 
senne cyning aenigne, hordweard haeleSa. 
S. & S. 406: Swilc biS seo an snaed aeghwylcum men selre micle, gif heo 
gesegnod biS, to dyegganne. 
wierSe [-U-, -y-], worthy: 
Gen. 622: ne wite ic him Sa womewidas, Seah he his wyr&e ne sie to alcetanne 
Saes fela he me laSes spraec. 
Mlf. L. S. 138.353 a : biddende mid wope Saet hi wur$e waeron for criste to 
<5rowigenne and becuman (sic!) to his halgum. 
Mat. 3.11: Saes gescy neom ic wyrSe to berenne = cujus non sum dignus 
calceamenta portare. 
wierSelic [-y-], worthy: 
Wcerf. 230.16: bebodu, Se wyrSelice waeron to gehyranne = 281 B: ei per 
quos potuit quae fuerat dignus audire mandavit. 
wierSost [— y— ], most worthy: 
Mlf. L. S. XXXI. 637: he wur&ost waes aefter him to drincenne. 
4. Adjectives Denoting Pleasantness and Unpleasantness, etc.: — 
andrysnlic, terrible: 
Bl. Horn. 33.5: Donne SincS Sis geleaffullum monnum swiSe andrysnlicu 
wise to gehyrenne. ~ - - 
faeger, fair, beautiful: 
