hals – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of hals

Noun: hals
Sg.hals

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowles ((please add an English translation of this quotation))

Nouns inflected like hals

syment, cristened, savete, savyne, sandal, whelere, scuage, scluse, sclise, sclave, schyft, schuit, schite, schort, schold, schern, smothe, smethe, smerte, slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English heals, from Proto-West Germanic *hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck, throat”). The nautical sense is influenced by Old Norse hals (“neck”). See: Old English Nouns 'heals', Old Norse Nouns 'hals'.

Verbs referencing "hals"

English Nouns halse.

Translations