Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To predict; promise.

  2. (intransitive)To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill).

Origin

From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (“to salute, beseech”) + -en. Related to

From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (“to salute, beseech”) + -en. Related to Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”); more at halse.

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Forms

halsens, halsening, halsened, halsened
Base formhalsen · to halsen
3rd person singularhalsens
Present participlehalsening
Past simplehalsened
Past participlehalsened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhalsen
he, she, ithalsens

Past simpleLesson

all personshalsened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave halsened
he, she, ithas halsened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill halsen

Word family

1 related words
Derivedforehalsen

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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