halsen

== English == (Can we add an example for this sense?) === Alternative forms === halseny, halson, halzen, hazon === Etymology === From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (“to salute, beseech”) +‎ -en. Related to Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”); more at halse. === Pronunciation === === Verb === halsen (third-person singular simple present halsens, present participle halsening, simple past and past participle halsened) (transitive) To predict; promise. (intransitive) To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill). ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Hanels, Hansel, Lehans, Leshan, hansel, lanseh == Danish == === Noun === halsen c definite singular of hals == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German halsen, from Old High German halsôn, from Proto-West Germanic *halsijan, from Proto-Germanic *halsijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalzn̩/ === Verb === halsen (weak, third-person singular present halst, past tense halste, past participle gehalst, auxiliary haben) (nautical) to jib (shift or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From hals (“neck”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== hals, halse, hallesyn ==== Verb ==== halsen (simple past halsed or hawsid) to embrace, caress ===== Derived terms ===== enhalsen ===== Descendants ===== English: halse Middle Scots: hals, halse Scots: hause ==== References ==== “halsen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English hālsian, healsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasōn, *hailison, from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to greet; to beseech”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hals, halse, halsi, halsiȝe, halsien, halsow ==== Verb ==== halsen (third-person singular simple present halseth, present participle halsende, halsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle halsed) to beseech ===== Derived terms ===== halsnen ===== Descendants ===== English: halse Middle Scots: hals, halse Yola: hawlse ==== References ==== “halsen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== halsen alternative form of halsnen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalsn̩/ Rhymes: -alsn̩ Hyphenation: hals‧en === Noun === halsen m definite singular of hals == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === halsen m definite singular of hals == Swedish == === Noun === halsen definite singular of hals