betha (1356-57)
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betha (1356-57)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:   bêta; TLF:   bêta 1; OED:  beta n.; MED:  betha n.; DMLBS: 195c beta 2 ]
 
Greek (?); Latin (?)

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1letterbeta, second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, Β): 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Si vous voilez savoir de lour A B C quelles letttres ils ount, ici les poez veer ovesqes les nouns qe ils les appellent: alpha, betha, gama, delta, ebrevis, elonge, epilmon, zetha, hetha (l. [t]hetha), iota, kapda, lapda, or, ni, exi, obrevis, pi, cophe, ro, summa, thau, vi, fy, chi, psi, othomega, diacosin  112
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