halsen

(hal’sen), v. [Also halson, halzen; also hazon; a dial. var. or more orig. form of halse?, q.v.] I, trans. To predict; promise. Wright. [Proy. Eng.] II. in trans. To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill). [Prov. Eng.] This ill halsening horny name [Cornwall] hath (as Cornuto in Italy) opened a gap to the scoffes of many. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, p. 1b.