hilse

From Old Danish helse, from Old Norse heilsa, from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to salute, beseech”), cognate with Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), English halse (“to salute”), Old High German heilisōn (“to predict”).

• IPA^(key): /hilsə/, [ˈhilsə]

hilse (past tense hilste, past participle hilst)

1. to greet
2. to give one's regards to

   Hils hende fra mig.

   Give her my best.

• hilsen

• “hilse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Uncertain, possibly sound-symbolic^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilseˣ/, [ˈhils̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ilse
• Hyphenation^(key): hil‧se

hilse

1. dandruff

• “hilse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Old Norse heilsa, related to helse (health).

hilse (imperative hils, present tense hilser, simple past hilste, past participle hilst, present participle hilsende)

1. to greet (someone)
2. to say hello (på / to) (someone)

• håndhilse

• helse (Nynorsk)

• “hilse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.