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Quotation dates: 1706, 1923
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BEHIGHT, Behecht (pa.p.), v. To promise, vow.Ags. 1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Collection i. 44:
And on the Morn I thee behight . . . I shall to Bavelaw tack the Flight. pa.p. behecht, obliged.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 52:
She was muckle behecht ti 'im.
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