From Middle English halsnen; equivalent to halse (“to salute, beseech”) + -en. Related to Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”); more at halse.
halsen (third-person singular simple present halsens, present participle halsening, simple past and past participle halsened)
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From Middle High German halsen, from Old High German halsôn, from Proto-West Germanic *halsijan, from Proto-Germanic *halsijaną.
halsen (weak, third-person singular present halst, past tense halste, past participle gehalst, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | halsen | ||||
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present participle | halsend | ||||
past participle | gehalst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich halse | wir halsen | i | ich halse | wir halsen |
du halst | ihr halst | du halsest | ihr halset | ||
er halst | sie halsen | er halse | sie halsen | ||
preterite | ich halste | wir halsten | ii | ich halste1 | wir halsten1 |
du halstest | ihr halstet | du halstest1 | ihr halstet1 | ||
er halste | sie halsten | er halste1 | sie halsten1 | ||
imperative | hals (du) halse (du) |
halst (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From hals (“neck”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
halsen (simple past halsed or hawsid)
From Old English hālsian, healsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasōn, *hailison, from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to greet; to beseech”).
halsen (third-person singular simple present halseth, present participle halsende, halsynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle halsed)
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