Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something). · To offer (to do something).
Unclear. Middle English ōssen had a rather different meaning, "to reveal, to prophesy", but the OED suggests it could nonetheless be the same verb. The origin of the Middle English verb is itself obscure, but it may be a variant of halsen, from Old English hālsian, although this too had a rather different meaning, "to beseech, entreat; to exorcise; to imprecate".
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