"halsen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: halsens [present, singular, third-person], halsening [participle, present], halsened [participle, past], halsened [past]
Etymology: From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (“to salute, beseech”) + -en. Related to Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”); more at halse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halsnen}} Middle English halsnen, {{suffix|en|halse|en|id2=inchoative|t1=to salute, beseech}} halse (“to salute, beseech”) + -en, {{cog|gmh|heilsen||to predict}} Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), {{l|en|halse}} halse Head templates: {{en-verb}} halsen (third-person singular simple present halsens, present participle halsening, simple past and past participle halsened)
  1. (transitive) To predict; promise. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-halsen-en-verb-YaI9FiN0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 53 47
  2. (intransitive) To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-halsen-en-verb-SKJ-jiIe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halseny, halson, halzen, hazon

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