† forbehestn.
Obsolete. rare.
A promise previously given.
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behotec1000
behesta1200
hesta1200
troth?c1225
quidec1275
promissiona1325
hightc1330
avauntc1380
grantc1380
forbehesta1400
promise1423
promit1462
behete1470
fiance1470
behightc1475
a1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1875) II. 75 That we be maad worthi to the forbiheestis of crist.
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