(a) In a better manner, better; more satisfactorily, successfully, fittingly, thoroughly, vigorously, etc.; don bet, be more successful; I mai no bet, I can do no better; þat he mai ~, as best he can; etc.; as wel or ~; (b) in a higher degree, more fully, more.

the bet [OE þȳ bet], (all) the better; the more satisfactorily, successfully, properly, fully, etc.; all the more; wel the ~; never (no) the ~, no better (at all); don the ~, do or fare better; ben the ~, be better off; wurthen the ~, become all the better; it is the ~ mid us, we are better off for that.

us bet ilimpeð, we shall fare better; him listeth the ~, he prefers.

(a) Better (in some way); bet is, it is better; bet in elde, more advanced in age; ~ than (five thousand), more than; (b) me is bet, it is better for me, I am better off, I feel better.

(a) bet and bet, ever (ai) the ~, better and better, more and more; (b) sayings: þe bet þe be þe bet þe bi-se, the better you fare, the more beware; what wol ye bet than wel? why not leave good-enough alone?; bet is late than never, better late than never; (c) go bet, go quickly, make haste, be gone!