halsen

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (to salute, beseech) +‎ -en. Related to Middle High German heilsen (to predict); more at halse.

Verb

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halsen (third-person singular simple present halsens, present participle halsening, simple past and past participle halsened)

  1. (transitive) To predict; promise.
  2. (intransitive) To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill).

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Danish

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Noun

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halsen c

  1. definite singular of hals

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German halsen, from Old High German halsôn, from Proto-West Germanic *halsijan, from Proto-Germanic *halsijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhalzn̩/
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Verb

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halsen (weak, third-person singular present halst, past tense halste, past participle gehalst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical) to jib (shift or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc.)

Conjugation

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From hals (neck) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

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Verb

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halsen (simple past halsed or hawsid)

  1. to embrace, caress
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: halse
  • Middle Scots: hals, halse

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Etymology 2

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From Old English hālsian, healsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasōn, *hailison, from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (to greet; to beseech).

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Verb

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halsen (third-person singular simple present halseth, present participle halsende, halsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle halsed)

  1. to beseech
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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halsen

  1. Alternative form of halsnen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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halsen m

  1. definite singular of hals

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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halsen m

  1. definite singular of hals

Swedish

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Noun

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halsen

  1. definite singular of hals