healfweg
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑlfˌwej/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫvˌwej]
Noun
healfweġ m (nominative plural healfwegas)
- half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | healfweġ | healfwegas |
| accusative | healfweġ | healfwegas |
| genitive | healfweġes | healfwega |
| dative | healfweġe | healfwegum |
Descendants
- Middle English: halfwey
- English: halfway
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “healfweg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.