See also: <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and <span class="searchmatch">half</span>- <span class="searchmatch">hálf</span>- <span class="searchmatch">half</span> a little, a bit; fairly Ég er hálfsmeykur við hann. I'm a bit afraid of him. (time) <span class="searchmatch">half</span>; <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-past the hour before...
Cognate with Dutch <span class="searchmatch">half</span>- (“<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-”), German halb- (“<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-”), Swedish halv- (“<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-”), Icelandic <span class="searchmatch">hálf</span>- (“<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-”). More at <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. <span class="searchmatch">half</span>- <span class="searchmatch">half</span> or partial; not...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">half</span>- and <span class="searchmatch">hálf</span>- 'arf, ha'f halfe (obsolete) From Middle English <span class="searchmatch">half</span>, halfe from Old English healf (“<span class="searchmatch">half</span>”); as a noun, '<span class="searchmatch">half</span>', 'side', 'part'...
ancestry) <span class="searchmatch">half</span> nephew, <span class="searchmatch">half</span> niece (<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother of one's father) paternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-uncle (<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother of one's mother) maternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-uncle <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother of...
Variant of not bad. Compare not <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. not <span class="searchmatch">half</span> bad (not comparable) (idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK. It was his first attempt...
also: <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and <span class="searchmatch">half</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-and-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> (not comparable) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-and-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> (not comparable) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and...
maternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother (a <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother sharing the same father): paternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother <span class="searchmatch">half</span> brother-in-law <span class="searchmatch">half</span> cousin, <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-cousin <span class="searchmatch">half</span> sister, <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-sister...
the <span class="searchmatch">half</span> of it (idiomatic, informal, chiefly in the negative) Only a part of something; not the full picture. Typically it is implied to be the most important...
<span class="searchmatch">half</span> a mind (uncountable) (informal, idiomatic) A moderate inclination. His behaviour gives me <span class="searchmatch">half</span> a mind to throw him out. of two minds...
situation. Translations <span class="searchmatch">half</span> the story “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle” (US) / “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle”, in Cambridge...