halsen
transitive verb
hal·sen
ˈȧlzən,
ˈȯzᵊn
-ed/-ing/-s
now dialectal, England
: divine, predict
Word History
Etymology
Middle English halsnen to adjure, conjure, from halsen to adjure, conjure, entreat, greet (from Old English hālsian) + -nen -en; akin to Old High German heilisōn to predict, adjure, conjure, Old Norse heilsa to greet; derivatives from the root of Old English hāl healthy, whole
- strange
- strange attractor
- strange bedfellows
- strange to say
- strange woman
- strangelier
- strangeliest
- strangely
- strangeness
- strangenesses
- stranger
- strangered
- strangerhood
- strangering
- strangers
- strangership
- strangest
- Strangite
- strangle
- strangled
- stranglehold
- strangleholds
- stranglements
- strangler
- strangler fig