east halfn.

Brit.

/ˌiːst ˈhɑːf/, U.S.

/ˌis(t) ˈhæf/

Forms: see east adv., adj., and n.¹ and half n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., half n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east adj. (see discussion at east adv., adj., and n.¹) + half n. In sense 2 < east adj. + half n. Compare Old High German ōstarhalba , Old Icelandic austrhálfa . Compare eastdeal n., east side n., and also north half n., south half n., west half n.

1. The eastern part or side of something, the east (cf. half n. 1a). Cf. west half n. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [noun] > part or place

eastdealeOE

east halfeOE

eastlandOE

eastdalec1175

estrichea1200

East-countryc1325

east sidec1325

orientc1375

eastc1390

easta1475

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Ðæm monnum þe on easthealfe þære e wicodon.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 On æsthalfe Scælfremere.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3432 He sette a steorrne upp o þe lifft..Onn æst hallf off þiss middell ærd.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6225 (MED) King knout bigan mid is ost in þe est alf abide & seuerne was bituene hom & knoutes poer.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) Prol. l. 11 (MED) Henrri was entrid on þe est half.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 185/1 in Chron. I The water of Forth on the East halfe, shoulde deuide the Scottishe dominions from the confines of the English men.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. III. ix. 10 Their land, is Jewry, Duneda, in East half of wide-lying Earth.

2. The eastern half of something (cf. half n. 3).

ΚΠ

1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 22 Can the Portugale King..cause the King of Spayn, to make his Nauies and Armados, to forbeare comming within any portion of the East half of the whole world?

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 88 Their ordinary vse was, to begin the quarter Sessions for the East halfe of the Shire.

1720 H. Wilson Trigonom. Improv'd ii. 31 The Meridian, which divides the East half from the West.

1857 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 8 729 The east half of the country is also heavily-timbered.

1923 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 9 136 The east half of the façade is left rough rock..and the other has had two late doorways cut into it.

2005 C. J. Duersken & C. Snyder Nature-friendly Communities xxii. 404 Application of the new natural resource protection standards to the east half of the county.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	east half
释义	east halfn. Brit. /ˌiːst ˈhɑːf/, U.S. /ˌis(t) ˈhæf/ Forms: see east adv., adj., and n.¹ and half n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: east adj., half n. Etymology: In sense 1 < the uninflected (originally adverb) stem of east adj. (see discussion at east adv., adj., and n.¹) + half n. In sense 2 < east adj. + half n. Compare Old High German ōstarhalba , Old Icelandic austrhálfa . Compare eastdeal n., east side n., and also north half n., south half n., west half n. 1. The eastern part or side of something, the east (cf. half n. 1a). Cf. west half n. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [noun] > part or place eastdealeOE east halfeOE eastlandOE eastdalec1175 estrichea1200 East-countryc1325 east sidec1325 orientc1375 eastc1390 easta1475 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Ðæm monnum þe on easthealfe þære e wicodon. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 On æsthalfe Scælfremere. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3432 He sette a steorrne upp o þe lifft..Onn æst hallf off þiss middell ærd. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6225 (MED) King knout bigan mid is ost in þe est alf abide & seuerne was bituene hom & knoutes poer. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) Prol. l. 11 (MED) Henrri was entrid on þe est half. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 185/1 in Chron. I The water of Forth on the East halfe, shoulde deuide the Scottishe dominions from the confines of the English men. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. III. ix. 10 Their land, is Jewry, Duneda, in East half of wide-lying Earth. 2. The eastern half of something (cf. half n. 3). ΚΠ 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 22 Can the Portugale King..cause the King of Spayn, to make his Nauies and Armados, to forbeare comming within any portion of the East half of the whole world? 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 88 Their ordinary vse was, to begin the quarter Sessions for the East halfe of the Shire. 1720 H. Wilson Trigonom. Improv'd ii. 31 The Meridian, which divides the East half from the West. 1857 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 8 729 The east half of the country is also heavily-timbered. 1923 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 9 136 The east half of the façade is left rough rock..and the other has had two late doorways cut into it. 2005 C. J. Duersken & C. Snyder Nature-friendly Communities xxii. 404 Application of the new natural resource protection standards to the east half of the county. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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