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▪ I. † halsing, vbl. n.1 Obs. [f. halse v.1 + -ing1.] 1. Exorcizing, exorcism.
870Halsuncge [see halse v.1 2]. a1039Laws of Cnut i. c. 4 (Schmid) Micel is seo halsung and mære is seo halᵹung þe deofla afyrsað. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 11 He [Solomon] fonde up halsynge coniuresouns forto slake wiþ siknesse. 2. Supplication, entreaty.
c825Vesp. Psalter cxlii[i]. 1 Dryhten..onfoh halsunge mine. 971Blickl. Hom. 87 Mid wependre halsunga hine bædon. a1225Ancr. R. 330 Mid þus onwille halsunge, weopeð & gret efter sume helpe. 3. Greeting, salutation.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 117 The Kyng thame thar halsing ȝuld. c1440York Myst. xii. 149 Ang. Hayle! Marie! full of grace..Maria. What maner of halsyng is þis? ▪ II. halsing, vbl. n.2 [f. halse v.2 + -ing1.] Embracing, embrace.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 139 Her housbonde halsynges. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii 187 Handlynge and halsynge and al-so þorw cussynge Excitynge oure aiþer oþer til oure olde synne. 1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Heautont. v. i, I will say nothing of hausing and kissing. 1613Markham Eng. Husbandman i. i. ii. (1635) 7 Affable without haussing or kissing. |