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healf, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§64; §262; §294;
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as adj.
immediately preceding a substantive.
denoting the thing which is halved
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  • Án healf tún . . . healfne tún,

    • C. D. ii. 66, 29-30
      • .

  • Healf wer ætfealð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 354, 21
      • .

  • Þolige hé healfe weres,

    • 398, 5
      • :
    • 254, 15
      • .

  • Be healfan were gyldan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 354, 19
      • :
    • 408, 20
      • .

  • Tó healfre híde,

    • 188, 1
      • .

  • Forgielde þone wífman fullan gielde and ꝥ bearn healfan gelde,

    • 68, 2
      • ,

  • Be healfum wurðe,

    • 208, 24
      • .

  • Gebycgan mid halfe weorðe,

    • C. D. ii. 120, 28
      • .

  • Healfne bannuc

    buccellam semiplenam,

    • An. Ox. 2402
      • .

  • Healfne leód,

    • Ll. Th. i. 8, 7
      • :
    • 22, 4, 6
      • .

  • Twelf tída and lytle máre þonne áne healfe tide,

    • Lch. iii. 258, 20
      • :
    • Angl. viii. 298, 17
      • .

  • Healfe híde landes,

    • C. D. iv. 136, 32
      • .

  • Healf gear,

    • Chr. 901
      • ;
    • P. 93, 1
      • .

  • Healf pund.

    • Ll. Th. i. 258, 18.

  • On ðone healfan æccr,

    • C. D. iii. 437, 21
      • :
    • iv. 300, 10
      • .

  • Twǽgen healfa hláfas ic bróhte,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 518
      • .

  • Þreo healfe elne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 212, 2
      • .
with pronoun:
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  • Gif hit biscepsunu sié, sié be healfum þám,

    • Ll. Th. i. 150, 20.

  • Sé be hine gefó and gegange healfne hine áge,

    • 42, 18
      • .
denoting one of the parts into which the division is made, healf dǽl a half:
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  • Hió hire folc on tú tóðǽlde . . . Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs . . . and se healfa dǽl wæs Círuse æfter fylgende,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 76, 25-30
      • .

  • Gteald tó healfan dǽle meiddaneardes,

    • Hml. Th. i. 68, 35.

  • Hé sealde healfne dǽl þám þearfan, and þone healfan dǽl hé dyde on his hricg,

    • Hml. S. 31, 70
      • ;
    • Ll. Th. i. 228, 20
      • .
following a substantive
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  • Hec sunt prata . . . stocméd healf,

    • C. D. ii. 65, 26
      • .

  • Ðonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán

    mediante octava hora,

    • R. Ben. 73, 15
      • .

  • Þyringas and Begware healfe,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 16, 11
      • .
following a pronoun:
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  • Gif hió

    (the hand)

    healf onweg fleóge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 98, 9
      • .

  • Sié hit healf forgifen,

    • 64, 22
      • .

  • Þám ágende hine man healfne ágelde,

    • 42, 22
      • .

  • Gesette hé .cxx. scitt . Dǽle hé ꝥ healf

    (half of it)

    in þá scíre þe hé ǽr folgode, healf in þá þe hé on cymð,

    • 86, 6
      • .

  • Asmeáge hwæt his biglifen sý, and dǽle ꝥ healf on ælmyssan

    (dimidium in eleemosynas distribuat),

    • ii. 134, 31
      • .

  • Mid þǽm miclan wðlbryne monncwealmes . . . hié healfe belifene wurdon,

    • Ors. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 86, 25
      • .

  • Man ne mihte macian hí healfe úp,

    • Hml. S. 21, 434
      • .
where the adj.
precedes a substantive with demonstrative or defining words
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  • Nú ys healfe (healf? or can healfe be taken as adverb qualifying fornumen ?) hire líchama mid hreófnisse fornumen

    ecce jam medium carnis ejus devoratum est lepra,

    • Num. 12, 12
      • .

  • Ic gean healfes ðæs landes,

    • C. D. iv. 300, 6, 28
      • .

  • Be healfre þǽre bóte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 70, 1
      • .

  • Genim healfe þá sealfe,

    • Lch. ii. 78, 16
      • .

  • Hé nam healf ðæt blód

    (dimidiam partem sanguinis).

    • Ex. 24, 6.

  • Hé behét þám apostole healf his ríce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21
      • .

  • Hé áge healf ꝥ wíte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 40, 2
      • .
follows the substantive
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  • Þá ꝥ weorc þǽre cyricean húhugu healf (or adv. ?) wæs geworht

    cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • Sch. 225, 10
      • .

  • Is ꝥ land æt Snócescumbe healf þæs cinges, healf uncer Brentinges,

    • C. D. ii. 250, 23
      • .

  • On þám fíftan dǽle healfum,

    • Bt. 18, 1
      • ;
    • F. 62, 23
      • ,

  • Ðet land healf and healfne tún,

    • C. D. ii. 66, 30
      • .
preceding a relative clause
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  • Agustus ádráf of Rómebyrig healfe þe þǽrbinnan wǽron,

    • Ors. 6, 1
      • ;
    • S. 254, 16
      • .
used with ordinal numerals where a half unit is to be expressed.
where the cardinal number for the units isgiven
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  • Ðá hé on þǽre mǽgþe twá gér and þridde healf (twa geár and ðrydde healf geár, v. l.) þá cyricean rehte

    cum in illa provincia duobus annis ac dimidio ecclesiam rexisset,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • Sch. 351, 13
      • .
generally the cardinal is not given
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  • Duas possessiunculas et tertiam dimediam, id est in nostra loquella ðridda half haga,

    • C. D. i. 243, 13
      • .

  • Underwed ꝥ sý þæs orfes oþer healf weorð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 352, 9
      • .

  • Ðæt wǽre óðer healf hund M ofslagen þára féðena

    peditum centum quadraginta millia trecenti et triginta, Ors.

    • 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 138. 16
      • .

  • Þæs gehorsedan heres fífte healf M

    equitum quatuor millia ducenti,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 124, 12
      • .

  • Cuóm feórðe healf hund scipa,

    • Chr. 851
      • ;
    • P. 64, 17
      • .

  • Sé þe hæbbe þreó hída tǽcne óðres healfes [hýdes gesettes],

    • Ll. Th. i. 144, 11
      • .

  • On óðerre healfre míle fæce

    unius ferme miliarii et dimidii spatio,

    • Bd. 5, 2
      • ;
    • Sch. 556, 5
      • .

  • Tó ðriddan healfan geáre,

    • Hml. S. 6, 300
      • .

  • Óþerne healfne pening gewege,

    • Lch. ii. 288, 8
      • .

  • Óðre healfe elne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 212, 2
      • .

  • Hé heóld þridde healf geár bísdóm,

    • Chr. 931
      • ;
    • P. 106, 2
      • :
    • 946
      • ;
    • P. 112, 2
      • .

  • Hiera mon áhéng fífte healf hund

    quadringenti et quinquaginta servi in crucem acti.

    • Ors. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 222, 30
      • .
as a measure of degree
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  • Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgengum,

    • Ll. Th. i. 112, 4
      • .
where no substantive precedes or follows the adj.
where a substantive may be supplied from the context
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  • Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes. . . gif hé hæbbe healfes

    • (cf. 144, 11. v. II. 2

    supra)

    (healfe, v. l.),

    • Ll. Th. i. 122, 10.

  • Þæt hié him óðer flet gerýmdon, healle and heáhsetl, þæt hié healfre geweald ágan móston,

    • B. 1087
      • .

  • Hé wolde hýðan eal heofona ríce and him ðǽr on healfum [ríxian].

    • Sal. 454.
where a substantive may be inferred from the context. Cf. I. l b
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  • Saluie, rude be healfan (dǽle) þǽre saluian,

    • Lch. ii. 292, 17
      • .

  • Tódǽle man þá eahta dǽlas on twá, and fó se landhláford tó healfum, tó healfum se bisceop,

    • Ll. Th. i. 264, 4
      • :
    • 342, 19
      • :
    • 228, 18
      • .

  • Tó healfan,

    • 268, 20
      • :
    • 274, 31
      • .

  • Gielde hé hine þriddan dǽle. Gif mon spere selle, healfne. Gif hé horses onlǽne, ealne hé hine gylde,

    • 120, 14
      • .

  • Gielden þá mǽgas þæs weres þriddan dǽl . . . Gif hé mǽgas náge, gieldan þá gegildan healfne (dǽl weres? or wer?), for healfne hé fleó,

    • 78, 24
      • .

  • Gíelde mon healfne cyninge, healfne þám gegildan,

    • 80, 3
      • .

  • Swylce ic tódǽle ǽnne penig on twá, þonne hæbbe ic healfne, and mín cleric healfne, and mín dǽl byð

    semis, and his semis,

    • Angl. viii. 335, 28
      • .
adverbial use of instrumental.
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Cf. micle
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  • Þynceð þegna gehwelcum huniges bíbreád healfe þý swétre,

    • Met. 12, 9.
substantive,
a half:
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  • Healf

    medium

    (hanc vestem findí placuit . . . servatur medium signi index),

    • An. Ox. 32, 12
      • .

  • Gif mon hæbbe híde londes . . . Gif hé hæbbe healfes (healfe, v. l.;

    • but see IV. 1),
    • Ll. Th. i. 122, 10.

  • Þǽ ásweóll him se líchama ofer healf fram þám lendenum oþ þá fét

    tumore dimidia pars corporis ipsius a lumbis tenus planta turgescens,

    • Guth. Gr. 153, 12.

  • Þæt hig bringan melwes þone teóðan dǽl þæs gemetes þe man nemð ephi, healf ǽr undern, healfe ofer undern

    (medium ejus mane, et medium ejus vespere),

    • Lev. 6, 20.

  • Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, ágife ealle: gif hé næbbe, ágife healf on fódre, healfe (healf, v. l.) on óðrum ceápe

    (dimidium in annona, dimidium in alio captali),

    • Ll. Lbmn. 116, 14.

  • Ðáh sé á half ríces mínes

    licet demedium regni mei,

    • Mk. L. 6, 23.

  • Half (hlaf, R.) gódra mínra ic sello ðorfendum

    demedium bonorum meorum do pauperibus,

    • Lk. L. 19, 8.

  • Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá se cyning áh twǽdne dǽl weres, þriddan dǽl sunu oþþe mǽgas. Gif hé mǽgleás sié, healf kyningc, healf se gesíð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 116, 16.

  • Geselle .cxx. sciłł, healf (dimidium) cyninge, healf biscepe,

    • 66, 17
      • :
    • 296, 8
      • :
    • 294, 8, 9
      • .

  • Half,

    • 258, 12, 17.

  • Gelde healf,

    • 20, 3.
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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/51973.

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