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▪ I. † halfen, v. Obs. rare. [f. half + -en5.] trans. To make into a half; to sever as a half from the whole.
1677H. Scougal Wks. (1765) 319 Then the halfned soul is left to the doleful resentments of so sad a loss. ▪ II. † halfen, a. Obs. rare—1. [A pseudo-archaic formation, perh. taken from next.] Half.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. x. 5 He Malbeccoes halfen eye did wyle; His halfen eye he wiled wondrous well. |