different between halsed vs halse

English

Verb

halsed

1. simple past tense and past participle of halse

Anagrams

• Dahles, Healds, Shadle, adshel, healds, lashed, shaled

Middle English

Verb

halsed

1. simple past of halsen (“to embrace, caress”)
2. simple past/past participle of halsen (“to beseech”)

Alternative forms

• (simple past): hawsid, halyst
• (past participle): ihalset

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)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
2. (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)

1. Alternative form of hawse

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

Danish

Noun

halse c

1. indefinite plural of hals

Verb

halse (imperative hals, infinitive at halse, present tense halser, past tense halsede, perfect tense har halset)

1. bark

   Hunden halser: The dog is barking

2. rush

   halse efter: rush after

Synonyms

• (bark): gø

Middle English

Verb

halse

1. Alternative form of halsen