healfweg

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Composed of healf- +‎ weġ.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑlfˌwej/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫvˌwej]

Noun[edit]

healfweġ m (nominative plural healfwegas)

half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes

Declension[edit]

Declension of healfweg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	healfweġ	healfwegas
accusative	healfweġ	healfwegas
genitive	healfweġes	healfwega
dative	healfweġe	healfwegum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: halfwey
- English: halfway

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “healfweg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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