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† north-half Obs.
[OE. norðhealf (see north a. and half n. 1) = MDu. nordalf, OLG. northalva, OHG. nordhalba, ON. norðrhálfa.]
The north side or part; the north.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. 12 On norþhealfe is seo sæ Euxinus. 971Blickl. Hom. 209 On þa norðhealfe þæs weofodes. c1131O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1131, Ðis ᵹear..wæs se heouene o ðe norð half eall swilc hit wære bærnende fir. c1205Lay. 15937 Þe an is a norð half, þe oðer a suð half. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11685 Sir Edward..sone come þo ride To þe norþhalf of þe toun. c1315Shoreham vii. 395 He wolde sette hys sete ryche Of north half, and be god ylyche. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xix. 66 Tho that selde hauen the sonne and sitten in the north-half. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xiii. 1214 On northe half is it rynnande syne A wattyr þat is callit Albeus. |