Halseny

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A prediction; conjecture. rare

    "As years passed away my halseny prediction's dark shadow forecast over the flourished copper civilization."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of halsen. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete

Example

More examples

"As years passed away my halseny prediction's dark shadow forecast over the flourished copper civilization."

Etymology

Originally a dialectal variant of halsen (“to predict”), equivalent to halsen + -y (infinitive suffix). While nominal use is mentioned once in 19th century English dialect literature, the modern sense of "prediction, conjecture" probably originates from misinterpretation of the verb in dictionaries.

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