The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halse \Halse\ (h[add]ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.]
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To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
Each other kissed glad And lovely halst.
--Spenser. -
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
--Chaucer.
Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h[add]lst); p. pr.
& vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.]
To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
--Grafton
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. (context anatomy archaic English) The neck; the throat. n. (context anatomy archaic English) The neck; the throat. Etymology 2
alt. (label en obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace. vb. (label en obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace. Etymology 3
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To greet; salute; hail. 2 (context transitive English) To beseech; adjure. Etymology 4
alt. (alternative form of hawse English) n. (alternative form of hawse English) vb. (context obsolete English) To haul; to hoist.
Wikipedia
Halse may refer to:
Halse is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Arne Halse (1887–1975), Norwegian athlete who specialized in the different forms of javelin throw
- Clive Halse (1935–2002), South African cricketer
- George Halse (1826–1895), English sculptor and poet
- Harold Halse (1886–1949), English soccer player who played most of his career for Manchester United
- Kristian Halse (born 1926), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Laurie Halse Anderson (born Laurie Beth Halse, 1961), American author
- Sir Reginald Halse (1881–1962), Archbishop of Brisbane
Given name:
- Halse Rogers Arnott (1879–1961), Australian medical practitioner, company director and chairman of Arnott's
- Percival Halse Rogers (1883–1945), Australian jurist and university chancellor
Usage examples of "halse".
He hent the hathel aboute the halse, and hendely hym kysses, And eftersones of the same he serued hym there.
But the king leapt from his horse lightly, and either halsed other in their arms.
His hands relaxed their grip, Jerome halsed in breath noisily and cooled from purple to brick-red, and a dozen hands hauled the culprit to his feet and held him, still breathing fire and saying no word, just as Prior Robert, tall and awful as though he wore the mitre already, came sailing down the tiled corridor, blazing like a bolt of the wrath of God.
Then Balin looked into a fair little garden, and under a laurel tree he saw her lie upon a quilt of green samite and a knight in her arms, fast halsing either other, and under their heads grass and herbs.