half
English
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| Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Abbreviated ordinal: 2nd Latinate ordinal: secondary Reverse order ordinal: second last, second to last, second from last, last but one Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate Adverbial: two times, twice Multiplier: twofold Latinate multiplier: double Distributive: doubly Germanic collective: pair, twosome Collective of n parts: doublet, couple, couplet Greek or Latinate collective: dyad Metric collective prefix: double- Greek collective prefix: di-, duo- Latinate collective prefix: bi- Fractional: half Metric fractional prefix: demi- Latinate fractional prefix: semi- Greek fractional prefix: hemi- Elemental: twin, doublet Greek prefix: deutero- Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet Number of years: biennium | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HALFCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HALF half, halfe from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HALFCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HALF healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HALFCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HALF *halb, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HALFCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HALF *halbaz.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːf/Category:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
- (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhaːf/Category:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhäːf/, /ˈhɐ̞ːf/Category:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
- (General American, Canada, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈhæf/Category:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
- (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhaf/Category:English 1-syllable words#HALFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
- Hyphenation: half
Noun
half (plural halves)Category:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English nouns#HALFCategory:English countable nouns#HALFCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- I ate the smaller half of the apple.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- You don’t know the half of it.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- Of the passengers on the plane, half were English.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- Half (of) my friends live abroad.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- I’ve bought some chocolate. You can have half.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- One and a half miles equals a mile and a half.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
- Not half his riches known, and yet despised.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Gardener’s Daughter; or, The Pictures”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 19:
- I and he, / Brothers in Art; a friendship so complete / Portion'd in halves between us, […]Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 2016 March 24, Darryl Sterdan, “ZAYN’s ‘Mind of Mine’ and Gwen Stefani’s ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’ top this week’s new music”, in The Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 June 2018:
- Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN:
- The Biden administration finalized the first national standard to limit dangerous “forever chemicals” found in nearly half of the drinking water in the United States.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- (sportsCategory:en:Sports#HALF) One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
- Coordinate term: quarter
- An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- (sportsCategory:en:Sports#HALF) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- 2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:
- However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
- (BritishCategory:British English#HALF) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
- 1968, John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, page 11:
- He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 1974, James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press,, →ISBN:
- I accepted a half of bitter from him.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 2006, Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, →ISBN, page 168:
- I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager."Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- (liquor trade) A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
- 1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 81:
- Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- (BritishCategory:British English#HALF) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Synonym: ½
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- (slangCategory:English slang#HALF) A half sibling.
- 2016, Robert M. Herzog, A World Between:
- So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of steps and halves that is another legacy of my father.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- (UKCategory:British English#HALF, datedCategory:English dated terms#HALF) A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
- (sportsCategory:en:Sports#HALF) abbreviated form for half marathon.
- (numismatic slangCategory:English numismatic slang#HALF) Clipping of half-dollarCategory:English clippings#HALF.
- 2002 August 15, Fred A. Murphy, “FA: Last of the Walkers”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet), retrieved 3 January 2023:
- Tonight, we're offering the last of the Walking Liberty Halves for awhile:[sic]Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
Derived terms
Terms derived from half (noun)
- ain't half
- and a half
- better half
- by halves
- call it half a day
- cry halves
- fly-half
- fly half
- go halves
- half a brain
- half a chance
- half-a-dollar
- half a grunter
- half a head
- half a loaf is better than none
- half and half
- half-cock
- half mask
- half slab
- half sole
- half-solid
- half-world
- hell and half of Georgia
- how the other half lives
- in half
- in one's half
- know the half of
- left-half
- not half
- not half bad
- one and a half syndrome
- one-half crosswise
- one-half lengthwise
- other half
- right-half
- scrum-half
- scrum half
- second half
- seven and a half
- sharp-and-a-half
- shelter half
- swift half
- take one's half out of the middle
- the half of it
- time and a half
- too clever by half
Translations
one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
half a standard measure
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math: fraction
part; side; behalf
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one of three terms in Eton
half sibling
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Translations to be checked
Adjective
half (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English adjectives#HALFCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- Synonyms: semi-, hemi-, demi-
- a half dollarCategory:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- China's population density used to be half that of Britain.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- a half truthCategory:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- Assumed from thence a half-consent.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- (of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
Usage notes
- (consisting of a half): The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound, half-hour.
Derived terms
See also those listed at Category:English terms prefixed with half-.
Terms derived from half (adjective). A few may possibly be derived from the adverb or noun, it's hard to tell.
- all over hell's half acre
- at half-sword
- automatic half-barrier level crossing
- baker's half dozen
- by half
- centre-half
- centre half
- cheap at half the price
- cut the baby in half
- do by half-measures
- dummy half
- first half
- four-half
- glass-half-empty
- glass-half-full
- go half and half
- go off half-cocked
- half a century
- half-a-crown
- half adder
- half-a-dozen
- half a dozen
- half again
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- half a loaf is better than no loaf
- halfalogue
- half a mile
- half a mind
- half a mo
- half-and-half
- half an eye
- half-angel
- half-an-hour
- half an hour
- half-ape
- half-arse
- half-asleep
- half ass
- half-ass
- half-assed
- half-assedly
- half-assery
- half-awake
- half back
- halfback
- half-back
- half baked
- half-baked
- half-bakedness
- half-ball
- half-baptism
- half-barrier
- half-bat
- half-bath
- half bath
- half bathroom
- halfbeak
- half bent
- half binding
- half birthday
- half-birthday
- half blood
- half-blood
- half-blooded
- half blue
- half board
- half boarder
- half-boiled
- half-boot
- half-bound
- half-brained
- half-breadth plan
- half-break
- half-bred
- half-breed
- half-broken
- half brother
- half-brother
- half brother-in-law
- half-built
- half bull
- half butt
- half cadence
- half-caf
- half cap
- half-caste
- half-cell
- half cell
- half cent
- half-century
- half-chair
- half-chance
- half-clammed
- halfcock
- half cock
- half cocked
- half-cocked
- half-colonel
- half columnar
- half court
- half-court
- halfcourt
- half-court line
- half-court violation
- half-cousin
- half-cracked
- half-crown
- half-cut
- half cut
- half day
- half dead
- half-dead
- half-deal
- half-decent
- half-decked
- half-demon
- half dime
- half-diminished seventh chord
- half-dollar
- half-door
- half-dozen
- half dozen
- half duplex
- half-duplex
- half eagle
- half-eaten
- half-edge
- half-elf
- half-elven
- half-embrace
- half empty
- half-equation
- halfer
- half-evergreen
- half-expect
- half-faced
- half fare
- half-finished
- half-first cousin
- half foot
- half forward
- half-frame
- half-free
- half-fuck
- halfful
- half full
- half gip
- half-gip
- half glove
- half-god
- half-graben
- half gross
- half-grown
- half-gyp
- half gyp
- half-half
- half-halt
- half-hardy
- halfhearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half hitch
- half-hitch
- half-holiday
- half hose
- half hour
- half-hourlong
- half-hourly
- half-human
- half-hunter
- half-identical
- halfie
- half-inch
- half inch
- half-integer
- half-integral
- half in the bag
- half-island
- half-jacket
- half-Jew
- half joe
- half-joke
- half joke
- half-jokingly
- half-kirtle
- half-landing
- half-length
- half-life
- halflife
- half-light
- half-line
- halfling
- half lit
- half-long
- half-long vowel
- half-marathon
- half-marathoner
- half-marrow
- half-mask
- half-mast
- half mast
- half measure
- half-measure
- halfmer
- half-metal
- half-metallic
- half-metallicity
- half-mile
- halfmonth
- half-monthly
- half moon
- half-moon
- half-mourning
- half murder
- half-naked
- half-natural
- half nelson
- half nephew
- half-nephew
- halfness
- half niece
- half-niece
- half-night stand
- half-noble
- half note
- half-one
- half-op
- half-open
- half-open file
- half-open interval
- half-orc
- half orphan
- half-orphan
- halfpace
- half page
- half-pant
- half-pass
- half-past-six
- half pay
- half-pie
- halfpike
- half-pike
- half-pint
- half pipe
- half-pipe
- halfplanar
- half-plane
- half-plate
- half polluted
- half-port
- half-pounder
- half price
- half-price
- half-rate
- half-ray
- half-reaction
- half-read
- half-relaxation time
- half-relief
- half-rep
- half rest
- half rhyme
- Halfrican
- halfro
- half-rocked
- half-round
- half round
- half-royal
- half seas over
- half-seen
- half shaft
- half shell
- half shift
- half-shower
- half-sib
- half sib
- half-sibling
- half-sibling-in-law
- half-sider
- halfsie
- halfsies
- half-sighted
- half-silvered mirror
- half sister
- half-sister
- half sister-in-law
- half slip
- half-smile
- half smile
- half sovereign
- half space
- halfspace
- half stack
- half staff
- half-staff
- half-standard
- half step
- half-step
- half-strained
- half-suit
- half-swastika
- half-term
- half term
- half the battle
- half the story
- half tide
- half-tide
- half-timber
- half-timbering
- half-time
- half time
- half-timer
- half tint
- half-tint
- half-title
- half title
- half-tone
- half tone
- half-track
- half-tracked
- half-tracker
- half-truth
- half truth
- half-turn
- half-uncle
- half undern
- half-unicorn
- half-up half-down
- half-value thickness
- half viaduct
- half-virgin
- half-volley
- half volley
- half-waking
- halfwave
- half-waxen
- half-wheel
- half-width
- halfwidth
- half-wild
- half-Windsor
- half-wit
- half-witch
- half-witted
- half-wittedly
- half-wizard
- halfword
- half year
- half-year
- half-yearly
- half-zip
- jury of half-tongue
- knowing is half the battle
- like one o'clock half struck
- listen with half an ear
- maternal half aunt
- maternal half-uncle
- one and a half
- one-and-a-half-spaced
- one half
- one-half
- on the half hour
- open half space
- paternal half aunt
- paternal half-uncle
- rear admiral lower half
- saw the baby in half
- second-half
- see the glass half-empty
- see the glass half-full
- see with half an eye
- shared sorrow is half sorrow
- show half ball
- the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
- well begun is half done
- you can't be half pregnant
Descendants
Translations
consisting of a half
consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
having one parent in common
Adverb
half (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English adverbs#HALFCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
- In some part approximating a half.
- Partially; imperfectly.
- half-coloredCategory:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- The task is only half done.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- I was half persuaded by your convincing argument.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- The patient was half conscious and muttering a few words.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
- 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- Half loth and half consenting.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 13:24:
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- I sometimes hold it half a sinCategory:English terms with quotations#HALF
To put in words the grief I feel;
For words, like Nature, half reveal
And half conceal the Soul within.
- Practically, nearly.
- c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:
- To be a King, is halfe to bee a God.Category:English terms with quotations#HALF
Usage notes
- (approximating a half): The phrase half again expresses an amount in addition to the amount being compared to. E.g., half as many people refers to 50% of the original number, while half again as many people refers to 150% of the original number.
Synonyms
- (partially; imperfectly): halfly (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
in two equal parts or to an equal degree
partially; imperfectly
See also
Verb
half (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)Category:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English verbs#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HALF, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#HALF) To halve.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bisect
Translations
halve — see halve
Preposition
halfCategory:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English prepositions#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- (UKCategory:British English#HALF, IrelandCategory:Irish English#HALF) Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.
- Synonym: (North America, Australia) half past
- (Discuss(+) this sense)Category:Tea room#HALFCategory:Requests for attention concerning English#HALF (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#HALF, see usage notes) A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.
- In some countries, "half seven" means 6:30.Category:English terms with usage examples#HALF
Usage notes
In English, the first sense (half past) is the only sense in current use. The second sense (half-hour before) is almost exclusively used in reference to other cultural or linguistic backgrounds where a similar usage exists.
Interjection
halfCategory:English lemmas#HALFCategory:English interjections#HALFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- (theaterCategory:en:Theater#HALF) A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.
References
- “half”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#HALFCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#HALF half, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#HALFCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#HALF half, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HALFCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HALF *halb, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HALFCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HALF *halbaz.
Cognate with English half, German halb, West Frisian heal, Danish halv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑlf/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#HALF
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#HALFAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: half
- Rhymes: -ɑlfCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlf#HALFCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑlf/1 syllable#HALF
Adjective
half (not comparable)Category:Dutch lemmas#HALFCategory:Dutch adjectives#HALFCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- half
- (with numbers) half before the next whole
- half tien
- half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)
- anderhalf
- one and a half (half before two, with ander originally meaning second)
- half tien
- (with months) the middle of that month
- half maart
Declension
| Declension of half | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | half | |||
| inflected | halve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | half | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | halve | ||
| n. sing. | half | |||
| plural | halve | |||
| definite | halve | |||
| partitive | halfs | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Pronunciation
Verb
halfCategory:German non-lemma forms#HALFCategory:German verb forms#HALFCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
Middle English
Etymology
From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#HALFCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#HALF healf, half, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HALFCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HALF *halb, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HALFCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HALF *halbaz.
Noun
half (plural halves or halfes or halven)Category:Middle English lemmas#HALFCategory:Middle English nouns#HALFCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- half
- part; side; behalf
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- The four halves of the houseCategory:Middle English terms with quotations#HALFCategory:Requests for translations of Middle English quotations#HALF
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)Category:Requests for quotations in Middle English#HALFCategory:Requests for quotations/Wyclif#HALF
Alternative forms
Adjective
halfCategory:Middle English lemmas#HALFCategory:Middle English adjectives#HALFCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
Alternative forms
Adverb
halfCategory:Middle English lemmas#HALFCategory:Middle English adverbs#HALFCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- “half, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “half, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “half, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Pronunciation
Adjective
halfCategory:Old English lemmas#HALFCategory:Old English adjectives#HALFCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- alternative form of healf
Old High German
Verb
halfCategory:Old High German non-lemma forms#HALFCategory:Old High German verb forms#HALFCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
Old Saxon
Etymology 1
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HALFCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HALF *halbu, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HALFCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HALF *halbō.
Noun
half fCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#HALFCategory:Old Saxon nouns#HALFCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Old Saxon feminine nouns#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
- side
- 9th c. Heliand, verse 4389-4390
- ...an thea winistron hand sō duot hē ōk thea sāligon an thea swīđeron half...
- ...in the left hand so put he as well the blessed in the right side...
- 9th c. Heliand, verse 4389-4390
Declension
Anomalous, O-stem
Etymology 2
from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HALFCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HALF *halb, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HALFCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HALF *halbaz.
Adjective
halfCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#HALFCategory:Old Saxon adjectives#HALFCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#HALFCategory:Pages with entries#HALFCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HALF
Declension
References
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (in German), 5th edition
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