† biˈreusing, vbl. n. Obs.
Also 1 behréowsung, 2 bireusinge, bireusunke, 3 bireousinge, -unge, birewsunge.
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
Repentance, compunction, ruth.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. xxxiii. 207 Pœnitentia, behréowsung. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Bireusinge of ure fule sinnes. a 1225 Ancr. R. 372 Þe uormeste bitternesse is bireousunge & dedbote uor sunne. |