HALSED

Verb

halsed

simple past tense and past participle of halse

Anagrams

• Dahles, Healds, Shadle, adshel, healds, lashed, shaled

Source: Wiktionary


HALSE

Halse, v. t. Etym: [AS. healsian.]

1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. Spenser.

2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.] O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. Chaucer.

Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (hlst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] Etym: [Cf. Hawser.]

Definition: To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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