halfpennyworthn.

Brit.

/ˈheɪpnɪwəθ/,

/ˈheɪpnɪwəːθ/,

/ˈheɪpənɪwəθ/,

/ˈheɪpənɪwəːθ/,

/ˌhɑːfˈpɛnəθ/,

/ˈheɪpəθ/, U.S.

/ˈheɪpniˌwərθ/,

/ˈhæfˌpɛniˌwərθ/,

/ˌhæfˈpɛniˌwərθ/

Forms:

α. Old English healfpenigwurð, Old English healfpeningwurð, Middle English halpenywortht, late Middle English alpenwerth, late Middle English halfpenyworthe, late Middle English halpenyworthe, late Middle English–1600s halfpenyworth, late Middle English–1600s halpenyworth, 1500s halfepenieworth, 1500s halfepeniworth, 1500s halfepenyworthe, 1500s halpynworthe, 1600s halfepennyworth, 1600s halfepenyworth, 1600s halpenieworth, 1600s– halfpennyworth, 1800s– ha'pennyworth.

β. late Middle English halpowrth, late Middle English halpworthe, late Middle English 1600s halpeworth, 1500s–1600s halporth, 1600s halfeperth, 1600s halfperth, 1600s half-p-worth, 1600s halpworth, 1600s– haporth, 1600s– ha'p'orth, 1700s halfporth, 1700s halfp'worth, 1700s halp'worth, 1700s hap'worth, 1700s–1800s halfp'orth, 1700s–1800s ha'p'worth, 1700s– h'a'porth, 1700s– ha'porth, 1800s hayporth (Irish English and Manx English), 1800s– hapeth, 1800s– hap'orth, 1800s– happorth, 1900s– apeth, 2000s– 'apeth; English regional 1600s hawpworth (Yorkshire), 1700s– hawporth (chiefly northern), 1800s 'aapoth (Lincolnshire), 1800s yeppath (Berkshire); see also apeth n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., pennyworth n.; halfpenny n., worth n.¹

Etymology: Originally (in Old English) either < half adj. + pennyworth n. or < halfpenny n. (although this is first attested later with reference to a unit of account: see discussion at that entry) + worth n.¹ In later use < halfpenny n. + worth n.¹; compare pennyworth n. See also apeth n.Reduced pronunciations such as

/ˈheɪpnɪwəθ/ and

/ˌhɑːfˈpɛnəθ/ remain frequent (and in British English usual) even when the word is written in the full form halfpennyworth . Compare similar developments shown by halfpenny n. and pennyworth n.; for the phonology of the first element, see discussion at half adj. Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.

1. As much as can be bought or sold for a halfpenny. Later usually (frequently in negative contexts): a very small or negligible amount of anything, material or immaterial (see note). Frequently with partitive of (in Old English with partitive genitive).The British halfpenny was demonetized on 31 December 1984.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount of specific value > specific

pennyworthOE

halfpennywortha1035

shillingswortha1325

three-halfpennyworthc1440

sixpennyworthc1450

pounds worthc1460

groatsworth1562

penny1564

penny piece1601

threepennyworth1617

piceworth1832

two pennyworth1851

six1871

pounder1895

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

α.

OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) i. xii. 294 Leohtgesceot..: ærest on Easteræfen healfpenigwurð wexes æt ælcere hide & eft on Ealra halgena mæssan eallswa mycel.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 117 A halpeny wortht of bred.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 598/26 Obolatus, an halfpeny worth.

1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 425 To serue the pouere people of penyworthes and halfpeny wortheȝ.

1519 Presentm. of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 32 A halpynworthe off hale for a halpney.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 543 O monstrous! but one halfepeniworth of bread to this intollerable deale of sack?

1648 W. Poole Countrey Farrier 3 Take a penny-worth of Bole-armoniack, a half-penny-worth of burnt Allome, and a handful of Sage, boyle them in a quart of old Chamber-lye.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶7 To buy an Halfpenny worth of Inkle at a Shoemakers.

1778 Gen. Advertiser 26 Mar. The Gin Spinner in Whitecross-street..retales halfpennyworths of that baneful liquor on the Sabbath.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvii. 514 A halfpennyworth of snuff in a cornet or ‘screw’ of paper.

1892 N.Y. Times 27 Jan. 4/2 There was an intolerable deal of words to a ha'penny-worth of thought in Mr. Breckinridge's speech..yesterday.

1916 Times 28 June 5/4 Less than a halfpenny-worth of gas will cook a whole meal for five persons.

1948 Contemp. Rev. July 238 To buy a halfpennyworth of tobacco or coffee at a time.

2010 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 13 Nov. 10 A ha'pennyworth of stickjaw.

β. 1433 Bridgewater Borough Munim. 12 (MED) For a halpeny corde & a halpeworth naylys j d.?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 120 (MED) Take a penyworth of notemugys..and an halpowrth of baldmoyne.a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (King's Cambr.) 224 Halpworthe [1440 Harl. 221 Halpeny worthe.., obolitas, oblata].1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxviii I wold wishe none heretike one halporth harme, y^t had clerely lefte hys heresye.1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C4^v A halporth of mustard, a halporth of oyle, and a halporth of viniger.1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse i. i. 1 Three halfperth of farthings.1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 142 Wearing out three Pens, and exhausting a Halfp'worth of Ink in her Service.1732 J. Swift Pastoral Dialogue in Misc. III. i. 37 A longer half-p'orth never did I see.1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 169 Bring us a Halfporth of Cheese.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 37 A penny loaf and a ha'porth of milk.1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 192 Haste and secure that ha'p'worth, on your life!1917 J. Martin Diary 21 Sept. in Sapper Martin (2010) 106 I coaxed him and cursed him but he hadn't a ha'porth of nerve and I literally had to drag him along.1972 Times 25 Nov. 9/3 To serve them with a ha'porth of dolly mixtures.2019 Sentinel (Stoke) (Nexis) 24 July 8 Changing the man at the wheel won't make a ha'porth of difference.

2. Chiefly British. A person's contribution to a discussion; an opinion or piece of advice. Cf. two cents' worth.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [noun]

thinkinga1382

counsela1400

conceitc1405

private judgement1565

concept1566

self-conceit1596

lights1598

private1599

self-conception1648

phenomenon1677

two cents' worth1942

1937 Story (N.Y.) July 68/1 He knew..they'd wear him down in the end. But still and all, a chap can't help putting his ha'porth in once in a while.

1993 Times 30 July 15/4 Music critics are now having a field day by giving their halfpennyworth regarding the relative merits of our orchestras.

2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 20 July 10 In view of the debate on the Christmas Market and the skating venue, may I offer my ha'pennyworth?

Phrases

to lose a hog (also ewe, sheep) for a halfpennyworth of tar and variants: to lose or spoil something valuable, or fail to attain an objective, by trying to save in a small matter of detail. Later to spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar and (elaborated) variants, in the same sense.Originally with allusion to the practice of smearing sheep (cf. hog n.¹ 4) with tar in the winter to help destroy parasites in the wool. The form of the phrase with ship presumably arises from the fact that /ʃɪp/ was formerly a common English regional pronunciation of sheep, the use of tar as a protective coating for a ship's timbers making this a plausible understanding of the phrase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in an undertaking > for the sake of a detail

to lose the ship (orig. and prop. sheep, ewe, hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar1631

1623 W. Camden Remaines (ed. 3) 265 A man will not lose a hog, for a halfeperth of tarre.

1631 J. Smith Advts. Planters New-Eng. 30 Rather..to lose ten sheepe, than be at the charge of a halfe penny worth of Tarre.

1673 J. Phillips Maronides vi. 22 And judge you now what fooles those are, Will lose a Hog for a ha'p'orth o' tar.

?1735 ‘R. Nab’ Addr. Batchelors Great Brit. 62 I think..that Man deserves Confinement, who loses an Hog for an hap'worth of Tar.

1764 Lloyd's Evening Post 3 Aug. 123/3 Being fatigued with our walk, we thought it best not to spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar, and so we paid the two additional shillings.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Hawporth Dunnut loaz t' yow for a hawporth o' tar.

1869 W. C. Hazlitt Eng. Prov. & Phr. 431 To spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar. [Note. But, in Cornwall, I heard a different version,..more consistent with probability: ‘Don't spoil the sheep for a ha'porth of tar’.]

1891 Rev. of Reviews 4 576/1 To sink the ship by the refusal of the traditional ha'porth of tar.

1941 Irish Times 23 Dec. 3/6 It is wrong to spoil the Christmas tree for a halfpenny worth of tinsel.

2006 Crops 12 Aug. 46/4 Not treating oilseed rape is ‘spoiling the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	halfpennyworth
释义	halfpennyworthn. Brit. /ˈheɪpnɪwəθ/, /ˈheɪpnɪwəːθ/, /ˈheɪpənɪwəθ/, /ˈheɪpənɪwəːθ/, /ˌhɑːfˈpɛnəθ/, /ˈheɪpəθ/, U.S. /ˈheɪpniˌwərθ/, /ˈhæfˌpɛniˌwərθ/, /ˌhæfˈpɛniˌwərθ/ Forms: α. Old English healfpenigwurð, Old English healfpeningwurð, Middle English halpenywortht, late Middle English alpenwerth, late Middle English halfpenyworthe, late Middle English halpenyworthe, late Middle English–1600s halfpenyworth, late Middle English–1600s halpenyworth, 1500s halfepenieworth, 1500s halfepeniworth, 1500s halfepenyworthe, 1500s halpynworthe, 1600s halfepennyworth, 1600s halfepenyworth, 1600s halpenieworth, 1600s– halfpennyworth, 1800s– ha'pennyworth. β. late Middle English halpowrth, late Middle English halpworthe, late Middle English 1600s halpeworth, 1500s–1600s halporth, 1600s halfeperth, 1600s halfperth, 1600s half-p-worth, 1600s halpworth, 1600s– haporth, 1600s– ha'p'orth, 1700s halfporth, 1700s halfp'worth, 1700s halp'worth, 1700s hap'worth, 1700s–1800s halfp'orth, 1700s–1800s ha'p'worth, 1700s– h'a'porth, 1700s– ha'porth, 1800s hayporth (Irish English and Manx English), 1800s– hapeth, 1800s– hap'orth, 1800s– happorth, 1900s– apeth, 2000s– 'apeth; English regional 1600s hawpworth (Yorkshire), 1700s– hawporth (chiefly northern), 1800s 'aapoth (Lincolnshire), 1800s yeppath (Berkshire); see also apeth n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., pennyworth n.; halfpenny n., worth n.¹ Etymology: Originally (in Old English) either < half adj. + pennyworth n. or < halfpenny n. (although this is first attested later with reference to a unit of account: see discussion at that entry) + worth n.¹ In later use < halfpenny n. + worth n.¹; compare pennyworth n. See also apeth n.Reduced pronunciations such as /ˈheɪpnɪwəθ/ and /ˌhɑːfˈpɛnəθ/ remain frequent (and in British English usual) even when the word is written in the full form halfpennyworth . Compare similar developments shown by halfpenny n. and pennyworth n.; for the phonology of the first element, see discussion at half adj. Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. 1. As much as can be bought or sold for a halfpenny. Later usually (frequently in negative contexts): a very small or negligible amount of anything, material or immaterial (see note). Frequently with partitive of (in Old English with partitive genitive).The British halfpenny was demonetized on 31 December 1984. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount of specific value > specific pennyworthOE halfpennywortha1035 shillingswortha1325 three-halfpennyworthc1440 sixpennyworthc1450 pounds worthc1460 groatsworth1562 penny1564 penny piece1601 threepennyworth1617 piceworth1832 two pennyworth1851 six1871 pounder1895 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 α. OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) i. xii. 294 Leohtgesceot..: ærest on Easteræfen healfpenigwurð wexes æt ælcere hide & eft on Ealra halgena mæssan eallswa mycel. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 117 A halpeny wortht of bred. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 598/26 Obolatus, an halfpeny worth. 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 425 To serue the pouere people of penyworthes and halfpeny wortheȝ. 1519 Presentm. of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 32 A halpynworthe off hale for a halpney. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 543 O monstrous! but one halfepeniworth of bread to this intollerable deale of sack? View more context for this quotation 1648 W. Poole Countrey Farrier 3 Take a penny-worth of Bole-armoniack, a half-penny-worth of burnt Allome, and a handful of Sage, boyle them in a quart of old Chamber-lye. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶7 To buy an Halfpenny worth of Inkle at a Shoemakers. 1778 Gen. Advertiser 26 Mar. The Gin Spinner in Whitecross-street..retales halfpennyworths of that baneful liquor on the Sabbath. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvii. 514 A halfpennyworth of snuff in a cornet or ‘screw’ of paper. 1892 N.Y. Times 27 Jan. 4/2 There was an intolerable deal of words to a ha'penny-worth of thought in Mr. Breckinridge's speech..yesterday. 1916 Times 28 June 5/4 Less than a halfpenny-worth of gas will cook a whole meal for five persons. 1948 Contemp. Rev. July 238 To buy a halfpennyworth of tobacco or coffee at a time. 2010 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 13 Nov. 10 A ha'pennyworth of stickjaw. β. 1433 Bridgewater Borough Munim. 12 (MED) For a halpeny corde & a halpeworth naylys j d.?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 120 (MED) Take a penyworth of notemugys..and an halpowrth of baldmoyne.a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (King's Cambr.) 224 Halpworthe [1440 Harl. 221 Halpeny worthe.., obolitas, oblata].1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxviii I wold wishe none heretike one halporth harme, y^t had clerely lefte hys heresye.1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. C4^v A halporth of mustard, a halporth of oyle, and a halporth of viniger.1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse i. i. 1 Three halfperth of farthings.1719 in T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits (1750) 142 Wearing out three Pens, and exhausting a Halfp'worth of Ink in her Service.1732 J. Swift Pastoral Dialogue in Misc. III. i. 37 A longer half-p'orth never did I see.1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 169 Bring us a Halfporth of Cheese.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 37 A penny loaf and a ha'porth of milk.1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 192 Haste and secure that ha'p'worth, on your life!1917 J. Martin Diary 21 Sept. in Sapper Martin (2010) 106 I coaxed him and cursed him but he hadn't a ha'porth of nerve and I literally had to drag him along.1972 Times 25 Nov. 9/3 To serve them with a ha'porth of dolly mixtures.2019 Sentinel (Stoke) (Nexis) 24 July 8 Changing the man at the wheel won't make a ha'porth of difference. 2. Chiefly British. A person's contribution to a discussion; an opinion or piece of advice. Cf. two cents' worth. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [noun] thinkinga1382 counsela1400 conceitc1405 private judgement1565 concept1566 self-conceit1596 lights1598 private1599 self-conception1648 phenomenon1677 two cents' worth1942 1937 Story (N.Y.) July 68/1 He knew..they'd wear him down in the end. But still and all, a chap can't help putting his ha'porth in once in a while. 1993 Times 30 July 15/4 Music critics are now having a field day by giving their halfpennyworth regarding the relative merits of our orchestras. 2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 20 July 10 In view of the debate on the Christmas Market and the skating venue, may I offer my ha'pennyworth? Phrases to lose a hog (also ewe, sheep) for a halfpennyworth of tar and variants: to lose or spoil something valuable, or fail to attain an objective, by trying to save in a small matter of detail. Later to spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar and (elaborated) variants, in the same sense.Originally with allusion to the practice of smearing sheep (cf. hog n.¹ 4) with tar in the winter to help destroy parasites in the wool. The form of the phrase with ship presumably arises from the fact that /ʃɪp/ was formerly a common English regional pronunciation of sheep, the use of tar as a protective coating for a ship's timbers making this a plausible understanding of the phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in an undertaking > for the sake of a detail to lose the ship (orig. and prop. sheep, ewe, hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar1631 1623 W. Camden Remaines (ed. 3) 265 A man will not lose a hog, for a halfeperth of tarre. 1631 J. Smith Advts. Planters New-Eng. 30 Rather..to lose ten sheepe, than be at the charge of a halfe penny worth of Tarre. 1673 J. Phillips Maronides vi. 22 And judge you now what fooles those are, Will lose a Hog for a ha'p'orth o' tar. ?1735 ‘R. Nab’ Addr. Batchelors Great Brit. 62 I think..that Man deserves Confinement, who loses an Hog for an hap'worth of Tar. 1764 Lloyd's Evening Post 3 Aug. 123/3 Being fatigued with our walk, we thought it best not to spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar, and so we paid the two additional shillings. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Hawporth Dunnut loaz t' yow for a hawporth o' tar. 1869 W. C. Hazlitt Eng. Prov. & Phr. 431 To spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar. [Note. But, in Cornwall, I heard a different version,..more consistent with probability: ‘Don't spoil the sheep for a ha'porth of tar’.] 1891 Rev. of Reviews 4 576/1 To sink the ship by the refusal of the traditional ha'porth of tar. 1941 Irish Times 23 Dec. 3/6 It is wrong to spoil the Christmas tree for a halfpenny worth of tinsel. 2006 Crops 12 Aug. 46/4 Not treating oilseed rape is ‘spoiling the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). † ˈhalfpennyworthv. Etymology: < halfpennyworth n. Obs. 1. intr. To ‘stick at’ halfpence; to haggle about minute expenses. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] > about small things halfpennyworth1614 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. vi. §4. 725 Their halfepennie worthing, in matter of expense when they had aduentured their whole estate, in the purchase of a great Empire. 2. trans. To deal out by halfpennyworths. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > sparingly or in small quantities to scant out1573 handful1626 halfpennyworth1676 dole1749 peddle1786 morsel1855 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C2^v, He having..open'd the whole Pedlers-pack of his malice, which he half-p-worths out..to his petty Chapmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2016). < n.OEv.1614
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halfpennyworthn.

Phrases

† ˈhalfpennyworthv.