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See also: Halver
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halver (plural halvers)
- a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
- (plural only) sharing in halves
- Let's go halvers on the tab tonight.
- 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's.
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
halver m or f
Verb[edit]
halver
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
halver
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
halver f
- indefinite plural of halve
- indefinite plural of halva (non-standard since 2012)
Old Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Adjective[edit]
halver
Declension[edit]
Declension of halver (strong)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | halver | half | halft |
accusative | half | halva | halft |
dative | halvum halvom |
halfri halfri |
halvu halvo |
genitive | halfs | halfrar | halfs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | halvir halver |
halvar | half |
accusative | halva | halvar | half |
dative | halvum halvom |
halvum halvom |
halvum halvom |
genitive | halfra halfra |
halfra halfra |
halfra halfra |
Declension of halver (weak)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | halvi halve |
halva | halva |
accusative | halva | halvu halvo |
halva |
dative | halva | halvu halvo |
halva |
genitive | halva | halvu halvo |
halva |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
accusative | halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
dative | halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
genitive | halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
halvu halvo |
Descendants[edit]
- Swedish: halv
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