A.-S.
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The word is probably from A.-S. betan, to better, to mend; from which, also, we have the words beat, to excel, better, best, etc.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
The past participle of the old verb yede, from A.-S. gangead, to go, to proceed.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
From A.-S. ræd, counsel, advice; O. E. rede.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
The term bleaching is derived from the A.-S. blaecan, to bleach, or to fade, from which also comes the cognate German word bleichen, to whiten or render pale.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
In Norfolk, wattling a live fence is called ethering it, which word, evidently with yeather, may be derived from A.-S. ether or edor, a hedge.
From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
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