south halfn.

Brit.

/ˌsaʊθ ˈhɑːf/, U.S.

/ˈsaʊθ ˈ(h)æf/

Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and half n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adj., half n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of south adj. (see discussion at south adv., adj., n., and prep.) + half n. In sense 2 perhaps independently < south adj. + half n. Compare Middle Dutch suuthalf (adjective), Middle Low German sǖthalve (noun), also Old High German sundarhalba (noun), Old Icelandic suðrhálfa (noun). Compare southdeal n., south side n., and also north half n., east half n., west half n.

†1.

a. The southern part or side of something; the south. Cf. half n. 1a, north half n. 1, southdeal n., south side n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [noun] > part or place

southdealeOE

south halfeOE

southlandOE

south endlOE

southdalec1175

south sidec1325

southa1382

Auster1535

sun half1565

sunny quarter1574

south-away1893

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 Þara landa norþgemæro sindon æt ðæm beorgum Caucasus, & on suþhealfe se Reada Sæ.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1016 Dulfon þa ane micle dic on suðhealfe, & drogon hera scipo on westhealfe þære bricge.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7953 Þe an [dragon] is a norð half þe oðer a suð half.

c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 381 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 442 (MED) In þe southhalf þoruȝ al þe heiȝe strete it [sc. rain] leide on for wod..ase it were a gret flod.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11224 (MED) In þe souþhalf of þe toune..Hii breke fram ende to oþer & dude al to robberie.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4899 (MED) Hij on þe souþ half [of the hill] ne seen sonne non Bot in on moneþ, atte fest of Seint John.

1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 43 Passande with lettres on Southalue for the ditte and the garde.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 38 On the south half, quhar Iames was, In ane vpgang, ane narrow plas.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 16^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I From those hylles also (but of the south halfe) commeth the Home and Homey.

b. Scottish. With complement, without of. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1398 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 38 Tha Scottis borne men..sal..mak residence on southalf the Watir of Tyne.

1439 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 64 Lyande in the toune off Leicht..on Soucht halfe the vatir.

1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 50 Ane vthir currour passande on southalue Forth.

1524 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 236 xj lettres..direct to all the Shereffis on south half Forth.

2. The southern half of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > one of two

halfc950

moiety1597

south half1613

1613 E. Wright Descr. & Use Sphære 10 So it deuideth the zodiack into the north half, and the south halfe; or into the north signes, & the south signes.

1749 J. Pointer Oxoniensis Acad. 22 The South-half or more of Oriel College is in St John Baptist Parish.

1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 8 South half of north-west quarter of section fourteen.

1870 F. U. Reavis St. Louis 74 A large portion of the land in the south half of Missouri.

1943 Science 19 Mar. 250/2 It might happen, by pure chance, that all the white balls fell into the north half of this patch, and all the yellow ones into the south half.

2005 S. Bly Memories of Dirt Road Town iv. 89 He ain't much to look at, but he owns the north half of Natrona County and the south half of Johnson County.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	south half
释义	south halfn. Brit. /ˌsaʊθ ˈhɑːf/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθ ˈ(h)æf/ Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and half n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adj., half n. Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of south adj. (see discussion at south adv., adj., n., and prep.) + half n. In sense 2 perhaps independently < south adj. + half n. Compare Middle Dutch suuthalf (adjective), Middle Low German sǖthalve (noun), also Old High German sundarhalba (noun), Old Icelandic suðrhálfa (noun). Compare southdeal n., south side n., and also north half n., east half n., west half n. †1. a. The southern part or side of something; the south. Cf. half n. 1a, north half n. 1, southdeal n., south side n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [noun] > part or place southdealeOE south halfeOE southlandOE south endlOE southdalec1175 south sidec1325 southa1382 Auster1535 sun half1565 sunny quarter1574 south-away1893 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 10 Þara landa norþgemæro sindon æt ðæm beorgum Caucasus, & on suþhealfe se Reada Sæ. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1016 Dulfon þa ane micle dic on suðhealfe, & drogon hera scipo on westhealfe þære bricge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7953 Þe an [dragon] is a norð half þe oðer a suð half. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) l. 381 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 442 (MED) In þe southhalf þoruȝ al þe heiȝe strete it [sc. rain] leide on for wod..ase it were a gret flod. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11224 (MED) In þe souþhalf of þe toune..Hii breke fram ende to oþer & dude al to robberie. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4899 (MED) Hij on þe souþ half [of the hill] ne seen sonne non Bot in on moneþ, atte fest of Seint John. 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 43 Passande with lettres on Southalue for the ditte and the garde. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 38 On the south half, quhar Iames was, In ane vpgang, ane narrow plas. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 16^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I From those hylles also (but of the south halfe) commeth the Home and Homey. b. Scottish. With complement, without of. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1398 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 38 Tha Scottis borne men..sal..mak residence on southalf the Watir of Tyne. 1439 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 64 Lyande in the toune off Leicht..on Soucht halfe the vatir. 1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 50 Ane vthir currour passande on southalue Forth. 1524 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 236 xj lettres..direct to all the Shereffis on south half Forth. 2. The southern half of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > one of two halfc950 moiety1597 south half1613 1613 E. Wright Descr. & Use Sphære 10 So it deuideth the zodiack into the north half, and the south halfe; or into the north signes, & the south signes. 1749 J. Pointer Oxoniensis Acad. 22 The South-half or more of Oriel College is in St John Baptist Parish. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 8 South half of north-west quarter of section fourteen. 1870 F. U. Reavis St. Louis 74 A large portion of the land in the south half of Missouri. 1943 Science 19 Mar. 250/2 It might happen, by pure chance, that all the white balls fell into the north half of this patch, and all the yellow ones into the south half. 2005 S. Bly Memories of Dirt Road Town iv. 89 He ain't much to look at, but he owns the north half of Natrona County and the south half of Johnson County. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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