[-ING1.] The action of the verb.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 12404. Hyt were foly, comaunde a þyng þat myȝt nat ȝyue no warantyng.
c. 1450. Godstow Reg., 249. The forsaid Richard Robert and Thedulf called the forsaid Iohn to the warantyng.
1565. Golding, Cæsar, III. 77. Manye things pricked forward the Galles in this deuice: as the warranting of the runagate: [etc.].