Halse
Halse\, v. t. [AS. healsian.]1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. --Spenser. 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.] O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. --Chaucer.