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hálsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
to beseech, entreat, make solemn appeal to
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  • Ic hálsie

    obtestor, deprecor,

      Germ. 402, 88.
where entreaty is made in the interests of the speaker.
with acc. of person addressed
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  • Beó þú Gode underþýd, and hálsa hine (

    obsecra eum

    ),
      Ps. Th. Srt. Vos. 36, 7.
with acc. of person and clause of entreaty
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  • Ic ðé halsige (healsige, v. l.) ꝥ ðú mé secge

    quaeso te,

      Bt. 38, 4 ; F. 202, 21.
  • Ic þé halsige ꝥ þú mé nó leng ne lette,

      36, 3; F. 174, 32.
  • Ic þé hálsie þæt þú ús miltsie,

      Hö. 107.
  • Ic hálsige and gebidde mé tó þé þæt . . . ,

      Hy. 3, 47.
  • Hé halsaþ (healsaþ,

    v. l.

    ) ǽlcne . . . ꝥ hé for hine gebidde,
      Bt. prooem.; F. viii. 11.
  • Ðec wé hálsiað ðæt úre haele wunde, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 9. (b α) where the entreaty is emphasized by connecting it with something sacred or highly esteemed :-- Ic hálsige (hálsigo, L. R.

    adiuro

    ) þé ðurh God ꝥ ðú mé ne þreáge,
      Mk. 5, 7: Gú. 1176.
  • Ic þé hálsige fore þínum cildháde,

      Hö. 118.
  • Wé biddað and hálsiað on Godes noman,

      Txts. 175, 15.
  • Heó hyne hálsode þurh God ꝥ hé ðám onfénge . . . Dryhten cwæð : 'Hé wæs þurh mé gehálsod',

      Shrn. 135, 18-25, Hé
    é
where the entreaty is made in the interests of the person addressed.
with acc. of person
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  • Lǽre hié and healsa (

    obsecra

    ),
      Past. 291, 16.
with acc. and clause
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  • Ic þé healsige ꝥ ðú gesceádwíslíce ꝥ ongite

    quaeso te, vide quam id sancte probes,

      Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 18.
  • Ic eów hálsige ꝥ gé gongan tó byrgenne weligra manna,

      Bl. H. 99, 12.
  • Hé hý hálsode (the accent is in the MS.) þæt hý nánuht þǽra ǽrenda ne underféngon, Ors. 4, 6; Bos 86, 25. (b α) emphasized. v. (1 b α) :-- Ic eów healsige for ðǽm tócyme Dryhtnes ðæt gé nó tó hrædlíce ne sién ástyrede

    rogamus vos per adventvm Domini, ut non cito moveamini,

      Past. 213, 14.
  • Ic eów hálsige on ðone Drihten . . . þæt gé forlǽtan . . . ,

      Wlfst. 232, 12.
of solemn appeal made in legal proceedings,
to adjure
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  • Ic eów hálsige on Fæder noman . . . and fer ðaere hálgen faemnan naman, ꝥ gé tó ðǽm ordále ne gangen, gif gé scyld on eów witen,

      Rtl. 114, 14-22.
  • Ic hálsige þé þurh þæne ælmihtigan God

    adiuro te per omnipotentem Deum,

      Ll. Lbmn. 413, 1.
  • Ic hálsige

    obsecro, 12: obtestor,

    19.
  • Hálsie man ðone man hér. Ic eów hálsie,

      415, 1.
to exorcize
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  • Exorcismus aquae. Ic hálsigo ðec

    exorcizo te, creatura aque,

      Rtl. 100, 27.
  • Salthálgcincg. Ic l álsigo ðec, giscæft saltes,

      117, 34.
to imprecate
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  • Háls[ode]

    inprecabatur,

      An. Ox. 4, 45.
  • II.

    to augur, divine.

On wígbedde tó hálsienne
ariolandi,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 15.
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