half

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 28

(hif), a. and». [I. a.¢ ME. half, healf = OS. half = OFries. half = D. half = MLG. half = OHG. halb, MHG. halp, G. halb = Icel. halfr = Sw. half = Dan. halv = Goth. halbs, adj., half; used also, in the numeral sense,as anoun. II. n. ¢« ME. half,