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halse.

The neck; the throat.

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Meaning & usage

noun[hoːs]Northern-England[haːs]Northern-England[hoːz]Northern-England

  1. The neck; the throat.

    archaic
    Well, as you know they used to hang folk by the halse for horse theft.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *ḱols- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch hals (“neck, throat”), German Hals (“neck, throat”), Norwegian hals (“neck, throat”), Swedish hals (“neck, throat”), Latin collum (“neck”).

verb[hoːs]Northern-England[haːs]Northern-England[hoːz]Northern-England

  1. To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German halsōn (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).

verb[hoːs]Northern-England[haːs]Northern-England[hoːz]Northern-England

  1. To greet; salute; hail.

    transitive

  2. To beseech; adjure.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, hālsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to greet”), from Proto-Indo-European *kailo-, *kailu- (“whole, safe”). Cognate with Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), Icelandic heilsa (“to salute”). More at whole.

verb[hoːs]Northern-England[haːs]Northern-England[hoːz]Northern-England

  1. To haul; to hoist.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).

noun[hoːs]Northern-England[haːs]Northern-England[hoːz]Northern-England

  1. Alternative form of hawse.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).

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