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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Behaldin, p.p. Also: behaldyn, behaudin, beholdin. [ME. bihalden, beholde(n, p.p. of beholde Behald v.]
1. Beholden, obliged, bound (to do something).1456 Hay I. 104/2 (thai ar nocht behaldin till obey him); 140/10 (the kyndenes in the quhilk he was behaldin); etc. 1478 Acta Aud. 74/1 (he suld nocht be behaldin to gif the said sowme).
2. Obliged, indebted, bound to a person.1456 Hay I. 192/21 (persouns that ar in nathing behaldin till us); II. 24/19 (the ordre is lytill behaldyn to thame). 1490 Irland Mir. I. 2 (how gretlie we are oblist and behaldin to him). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xliii. 22 (thir lairdis ar richt far sic ladeis behaldin to). 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 423 (I haue bene greatlie behaudin and indebted vnto you). 1583 Wemyss Corr. 81 (to quhome ye ar behaldin gretlie).
