"halseny" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: halsenies [plural]
Etymology: Originally a dialectal variant of halsen (“to predict”). While nominal use is mentioned once in 19th century English dialect literature, the modern sense of "prediction, conjecture" probably originates from misinterpretation of the verb in dictionaries. Head templates: {{en-noun|halsenies}} halseny (plural halsenies)
  1. (rare) A prediction; conjecture. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-halseny-en-noun-uBWv1kGw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English ghost words Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English ghost words: 86 14

Verb

Etymology: Originally a dialectal variant of halsen (“to predict”). While nominal use is mentioned once in 19th century English dialect literature, the modern sense of "prediction, conjecture" probably originates from misinterpretation of the verb in dictionaries. Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} halseny
  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of halsen Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Alternative form of: halsen
    Sense id: en-halseny-en-verb-R6vJz55N

Inflected forms

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