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English
Noun
halfe
- Archaic spelling of half.
1658, Anonymous, given as "W. M.", The Compleat Cook:[…] take a pint of Hippocras, halfe a pound of sweet butter, two or three Nutmeg, little Vinegar, poure it into the Pye in the Oven and let it lye and soake an hour, then take it out, and when it is cold stop the vent hole.
2004 June 4, Harold Henderson, “The Consumer Revolution”, in Chicago Reader:In 1721 in Berwick, Maine, peddler William Moore sold Daniel Goodwin "a yard and a halfe of Stuff for handcarchiefs," […] .
Adverb
halfe (not comparable)
- Archaic spelling of half.
1594, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage:Frighted with this confused noyse, I rose, And looking from a turret, might behold Yong infants swimming in their parents bloud, Headles carkasses piled vp in heapes, Virgins halfe dead dragged by their golden haire, […] .
Middle English
Noun
halfe (plural halves or halfes or halven)
- Alternative form of half