Noun: healf
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | healf |
| Plural | healfa; healfe |
Genitive
| Singular | healfe |
| Plural | healfa |
Dative
| Singular | healfe |
| Plural | healfum |
Accusative
| Singular | healfe |
| Plural | healfa; healfe |
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Easter Sunday"
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Sē enġel sæt on þā swīðran healfe þǣre byrġene. (The angel sat on the right side of the tomb.)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
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Sċotland is on ǣlċe healfe ymbfangen mid gārseċġe. (Ireland is surrounded by ocean on all sides (literally every side).)
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translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
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Þǣr wǣron swā miċele manslihtas on ǣġðre healfe þæt hīe man æt nīehstan bebyrġan ne meahte. (So many people were killed on either side that they were eventually unable to bury them.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
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On þā healfe þe sēo sunne sċīnþ þǣr biþ dæġ, and on þā healfe þe hēo ne sċīnþ þǣr biþ niht. (On the half where the sun shines there is day, and on the half where it doesn't shine there is night.)
Nouns inflected like healf
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *halbu, from Proto-Germanic *halbō.
Verbs referencing "healf"
English Nouns
half, Middle English Nouns
half, English Nouns
halfpenny.
Translations