Halse
Halse (hals) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon healsian.]
1.
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obsolete]
Each other kissed glad
And lovely halst.
2.
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obsolete]
O dere child, I halse thee,
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
Halse (halst) , transitive verb
[Compare Hawser.]
To haul; to hoist. [Obsolete] — Grafton