halsed English
Verb
(head)
(halse)
halse English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hals, from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)
Noun
( en noun)
(anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) halsen, halchen, from (etyl) *.
Alternative forms
* (l)
* (l) (dialectal)
* (l), (l) (Scotland)
Verb
( hals)
(label) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.
*:
- soo the Kyng took a lytel hackney and but fewe felauship with him vntyl he came vnto sir Tristrams pauelione / and whanne syre Trystram sawe the Kynge / he ranne vnto hym and wold haue holden his styrope / But the kynge lepte from his hors lyghtly / and eyther halsed other in armes
Etymology 3
From (etyl) halsen, . More at (l), (l).
Verb
(hals)
To greet; salute; hail.
To beseech; adjure.
Related terms
* (l)
* (l)
* (l)
* (l)
Etymology 4
From (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* (l)
Verb
(hals)
(obsolete) To haul; to hoist.
Anagrams
*
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halted English
Verb
(head)
(halt)
Anagrams
*
*
halt Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian (m), Swedish (m).
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To limp; move with a limping gait.
(label) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
* Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 21
- How long halt ye between two opinions?
(label) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
( en verb)
(lb) To stop marching.
(lb) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
(lb) To bring to a stop.
(lb) To cause to discontinue.
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Noun
( en noun)
A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
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* Clarendon
- Without any halt they marched.
A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
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Etymology 3
(etyl) healt (verb (healtian)), from (etyl) . Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
Adjective
( en adjective)
(archaic) Lame, limping.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IX:
- It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell [...].
* Bible, Luke xiv. 21
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt , and the blind.
Verb
( en verb)
To limp.
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
- Do not smile at me that I boast her off,
- For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,
- And make it halt behind her.
To waver.
To falter.
Noun
( en noun)
(dated) Lameness; a limp.
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