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halse
English
Pronunciation
- (Northern England) IPA(key): [ho?s], [ha?s], [ho?z]
- Rhymes: -??s
Etymology 1
From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *?ols- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch hals (“neck, throat”), German Hals (“neck, throat”), Norwegian hals (“neck, throat”), Swedish hals (“neck, throat”), Latin collum (“neck”).
Alternative forms
- hawse (Scotland)
Noun
halse (plural halses)
- (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
Derived terms
- halseman
Etymology 2
From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German hals?n (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).
Alternative forms
- haulse
- halsh (dialectal)
- hawse, hose (Scotland)
Verb
halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)
- (obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.
Related terms
- enhalse
Etymology 3
From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, h?lsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailis?n? (“to greet”), from Proto-Indo-European *kailo-, *kailu- (“whole, safe”). Cognate with Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), Icelandic heilsa (“to salute”). More at whole, hailse.
Verb
halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)
- (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
- (transitive) To beseech; adjure.
Related terms
- halsen
- halseny
- hazeney
- hazon
Etymology 4
From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).
Alternative forms
- hawse
Noun
halse (plural halses)
- Alternative form of hawse
Verb
halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)
- (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.
Anagrams
- Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal
Danish
Noun
halse c
- indefinite plural of hals
Verb
halse (imperative hals, infinitive at halse, present tense halser, past tense halsede, perfect tense har halset)
- bark
- Hunden halser: The dog is barking
- rush
- halse efter: rush after
Synonyms
- (bark): gø
Middle English
Verb
halse
- Alternative form of halsen
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hawse
English
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /h?z/, /h?s/
Noun
hawse (plural hawses)
- (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
- (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Translations
Adjective
hawse (not comparable)
- (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
Adverb
hawse (not comparable)
- (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
Derived terms
Verb
hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)
- (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.
References
Anagrams
- Hawes, shewa, washe
Scots
Noun
hawse (plural hawses)
- halse; neck; throat
Anagrams
- Hawes
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