HALF
ADJECTIVES
1300 — HALFENDEAL half → obs.
1375 — HALFLY half → obs.
1387 — HALVENDEAL half, by half → obs.
1590 — HALFEN half → obs.
1768 — DIMIDIATE divided into two equal parts; halved, half
1796 — HAFFLINS half, partial → Sc.
1796 — HALFLIN half, partial → Sc.
1846 — HALVELINGS in half
1875 — HALVERT cut in two; divided in half → Sc.
1884 — HAFFEN half → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
..897 — HALFING half → obs.
1000 — HALFENDEAL a half, a half part → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1225 — HALFLING — HALFLINGS to the extent of half; half; in part, partially → obs. exc. Sc.
1399 — HALF-DEAL a half, a half part → obs.
1808 — HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly → Sc.
1808 — HALFLINS half, partially; nearly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1808 — HALLENS half, partially; nearly → Sc.
1808 — HAVLINS half, partially; nearly → Sc.
1808 — HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1000 — HALVENDEAL a half, a half part → obs.
1398 — HALF-PART half → obs.
1852 — HALFENDEAL a half part of anything; a moiety → Eng. dial.
1859 — MADZA — MEDZA — MEDZER — MIDZER half → sl.
1871 — HALVER a half, an equal share or portion, generally in plural → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1884 — HAFFEN a half → Amer. dial.
1893 — FLATCH a half → back-slang (Bk.)
1970 — HALFINGS half shares → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1905 — HALF A-TWO almost in two pieces, cracked, in half → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1623 — DIMIDIATE to divide into two equal parts; to halve
1677 — HALFEN to make into a half; to sever as a half from the whole → obs.