• (v. t.) To haul; to hoist. • (v. t.) To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. • (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/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 .» Spenser. 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [ Obsolete] « O dere child, I ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/8