forehalsen

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ halsen.

Verb

forehalsen (third-person singular simple present forehalsens, present participle forehalsening, simple past and past participle forehalsened)

  1. (transitive, rare, archaic) To presage; predict.
    • 1899, Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne, The World's Great Classics:
      " […] One day, perhaps, my pen forehalsening Will dare what now of thee 'tis purposing."
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