healf
- numeral
- adjective
- adverb
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Mé næs be healfan ðǽle ðín mǽrþ gecýdd
thy greatness was not half told me,
- Homl. Th. ii. 584, 23 .
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Sié be healfum ðæm ðonne sió bót
let the fine then be half that,
- L. Alf. pol 11 ;
- Th. i. 68, 18: 39 ;
- Th. i. 88, 2 :
- L. M. 2, 65 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 292, 17 .
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Gé ðǽr búgiaþ on ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes
ye there dwell in the half of the fifth part [in the tenth part, cf. l. 25] of land and not-land,
- Bt. 18, 1 ;
- Fox 62, 23 .
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Heó mid ðæm healfan dǽle beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre
with half the army she was going before the king as if she were fleeing,
- Ors. 2, 4 ;
- Swt. 76, 27 .
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Healfne sealde ðæm þearfan and mid healfum hine sylfne besweóp
he gave half [his cloak] to the poor man and wrapped himself up with half of it,
- Blickl. Homl. 215, 7 .
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Ðeáh ðú wylle healf míne ríce
licet demedium regni mei,
- Mk. Skt. 6, 23 :
- Lk. Skt. 19, 8 .
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Habban hí ðone brýce healfne and healfne ða munecas
let them have half the usufruct, and the monk's half,
- Chart. Th. 547, 19 .
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Heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him
she half cut through his neck,
- Judth. 10 ;
- Thw. 23, 4 ;
- Jud. 105 .
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Sele ðonne ðæt healf tó drincanne
then give half of it to drink,
- L. M. 2, 2 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 180, 23 .
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Hie wǽron simle healfe æt hám healfe úte
always half of them were at home and half out,
- Chr. 894 ;
- Erl. 90, 17 :
- Ors. 2, 6 ;
- Swt. 86, 25 .
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Ic wille ðæt man frigæ hæalue míne men
I desire that half my men should be freed,
- Chart. Th. 522, 5 .
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Æfter óðer healf hund daga
after a hundred and fifty days,
- Gen. 8, 3 .
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He heóld ðæt ríce óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra
he reigned twenty-eight years and a half,
- Chr. 901 ;
- Erl. 96, 24 .
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Hit biþ óðres healfes fótes gemet bufan ðæm heáfde
it is a foot and a half above the head,
- Shrn. 69, 2 .
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Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde
the boat was made of two and a half hides,
- Chr. 891 ;
- Erl. 88, 9 .
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Ic him sylle vii æcras feórþe helfne on ánum stede and feórþe halfne an óðrum stede
I give him seven acres, three and a half in one place and three and a half in another,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 263, 12-15 .
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Nán rén ne com ofer eorþan feórþan healfangeáre
no rain came upon the earth for three years and a half,
- Lchdm. iii. 276, 19 .
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Ðæt wæs ehtoþe healf híd
that was seven hides and a half,
- Chart. Th. 550, 12 .
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Seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes
twenty-six feet and a half long,
- Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 12, 16, 19 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “healf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18403.
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