halse

== English == === Pronunciation === (Northern England) IPA(key): [hoːs], [haːs], [hoːz] Rhymes: -ɔːs === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *ḱols- (“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 ===== === 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 halsōn (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) (dialectal) To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace. ===== Related terms ===== enhalse === Etymology 3 === From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, hālsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“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. ==== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== halsen === 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 === helas, leash, hales, Selah, heals, Sahel, Saleh, sheal, shale, selah, Heals, Hales, Shalë == 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