a. Obs. In 4 besten(e, 5 bestyn. [? f. BEAST sb. + -EN1; but bestene may be gen. pl. of beste, BEAST.] Of beasts.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1446. Wyth besten blod busily anoynted.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, Rolls Ser. II. 181. Oistres and schelle fische, that beeth … lowest in bestene kynde.
a. 1400. Octauian, 478. That bestyn kyng.
