A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1623
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Misbehalding, ppl. a. [e.m.E. misbeholden (1600), and mod. Sc. dial. misbehadden, Eng. dial. -hodden, -holding: cf. OE. behealden ppl. a. cautious, reserved, behealdan v. to behold, etc., also, to take care, beware, and, to keep, guard (and Behald v. and Behaldin p.p.).] Unguarded, unreserved, indiscreet, unbecoming, impolite (words). —1623 Stirling Merch. Guild 42.
For misbehalding words spokin be him
