halver
See also: Halver
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːvə(r)
Noun
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.
Quotations
sharing
- 1816:like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's." — Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2, 1816
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
halver m or f
Verb
halver
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
halver f
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Adjective
halver
Declension
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
- Swedish: halv
Categories:
- Rhymes:English/ɑːvə(r)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish lemmas
- Old Swedish adjectives