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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

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.

[O.Sc. behecht, n. and v., promise, also byhicht. Beheht orig. pa.t. of behātan, to promise, used later as a pres. Heht = *hehāt, a reduplicated pa.t. See Hecht.]

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