vbl. sb. 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.
