vbl. sb. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING1: cf. BEHOTING.] Promise, promising.

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1303.  R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 11220. x. Ȝe shende hyt [wedlock] wyþ ȝoure fals behetyng.

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1400.  in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866), 242. A fals by-hety[n]g.

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