† ˈhalfingadv.

Forms: Also Old English healfunga, Middle English halving, halfine.

Etymology: < half adj. + -ing suffix¹.

Obs.

Half.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in half > half or by half

halfingc897

halfc1175

halfendeal1387

half-deal1399

half in half1583

half-and-half1818

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 207 Hit is nyttre..ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 126 Na healfunga, ac fulfremedlice.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 206 The leon shall..torne away halfing ashamed.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 356 Halving of scorne she said thus.

c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 869 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 329 As he halfine-slepand lay in his bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2011).

单词	halfing
释义	† ˈhalfingadv. Forms: Also Old English healfunga, Middle English halving, halfine. Etymology: < half adj. + -ing suffix¹. Obs. Half. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in half > half or by half halfingc897 halfc1175 halfendeal1387 half-deal1399 half in half1583 half-and-half1818 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 207 Hit is nyttre..ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 126 Na healfunga, ac fulfremedlice. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 206 The leon shall..torne away halfing ashamed. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 356 Halving of scorne she said thus. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 869 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 329 As he halfine-slepand lay in his bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2011). < adv.c897
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