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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375-1515, 1570-1596

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Hals(e, v.2 P.t.: halist(e, halyst, halust(e; halsit. [Variant of Hails v. Also in e.m.E. and late ME. (Caxton). In Sc., uncommon in prose.] tr. To hail, salute, greet. Also absol.1375 Barb. iv. 636.
Quhen that scho him halsit [E. halyst] had
1375 Ib. vii. 116.
Thai met the kyng, and halsit [E. halist] him thar
a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 618.
He met a pilgrime in the gat, That haliste hyme
c1450-2 Howlat 309.
Thai halsit his halynas
c1515 Asloan MS i. 223/18.
The forsaid schir Gilbert … for dispyte halsit him in Eerische, sayand bannachadee
a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 122.
The angell … halsit hir with reverence and piete
1513 Doug. iii. viii. 36 (Sm.).
Syne all our feris … halsing [R. halesing] gan the land with hey and haill
1570 Satirical Poems x. 192.
Maist humblie our sone halsit that dame
1596 Dalr. II. 354/17.
Scho now be all is callet Regent, and sa tha all salute and halse her
absol. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix. 593.
Thane met he thai knychttis … & halust enterchangeably
c1460 Consail Wys Man 156.
Gyff thow in court be reparand, Hals glaidly, be fair farand

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