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† half-deal, n. and adv. Obs. [f. half a. + deal n.1 Cf. halfendeal.] A. n. ‘Half part’; half.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles iv. 2 Where was euere ony cristen kynge..Þat helde swiche an household be þe halfdelle As Richard. a1400–50Alexander 1368 Hugir by þe halfe dele & hiȝere þan þe toþire. 1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 200 Offered hym his eldest daughter..in mariage, with the whole halfedele of his wifes inheritaunce. 1641Prynne Antip. 18 Deprived of all Soveraigntie over one halfe-deale of his Kingdome. B. adv. Half.
1399Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 403 The hie houusinge herborowe ne myghte half-delle the householde. 1513Douglas æneis vi. ix. 212 All kynd of vicis to comprehend half deill..I mycht nocht rekkin. |