- healsian
- wv/t2 to entreate earnestly, beseech, implore [also hálsian]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Halse — (h[add]ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.] 1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] O dere child,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English