HALSE

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