What does alderbest mean?
Alderbest means (archaic) Best of all..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Best of all..
That all the best archers of the north / Sholde come upon a day, / And he that shoteth alderbest / The game shall bere away.
That Lombard's nose mean I, / That standeth yet awry; / It was not healed alderbest, / It standeth somewhat on the west;
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Alderbest means (archaic) Best of all..
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That all the best archers of the north / Sholde come upon a day, / And he that shoteth alderbest / The game shall bere away.
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