behowden

Updated: May 1, 2025

An' now as I'm stricken in years an' the owd place is gone, I think no shame o' being' behowden to ye for mate an' shelter." "La, mother," stammered Mary "whatever makes ye go for to say such things? I'm sure I wasn't castin' up " "Ye've no need to cast up," interrupted her mother fiercely. "I'm not behowden to ye for mich, as how 'tis I reckon I addle my mate."

M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis - North, South and over the Sea