halflangadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːflaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌlæŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈhaflaŋ/

Forms:

α. pre-1700 haluelang, pre-1700 1700s– halflang, 1800s– haaflang, 1900s hafflang, 1900s– hauflang.

β. pre-1700 halfelong, pre-1700 halflong.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., Scots lang , long adj.¹

Etymology: < half adv. + lang, Scots form of long adj.¹ (compare α. forms at long adj.¹ and n.¹). Originally (in general use in sense A. 1) a Scots variant of half long (a1425 in Middle English; compare half adv. 1a), subsequently distinguished in specific uses. In some forms and senses difficult to distinguish from halfling n. and adj. (see discussion at that entry). With sense B. 2 compare halfling n. 1.The β. forms represent anglicized spellings in Older Scots; compare β. forms at long adj.¹ and n.¹

Scottish.

A. adj.

1. Of half the full or usual length; short. In early use esp. of swords. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > of half length

halflang1581

1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 27 For a halue lang gowne to the King, ix½ elne of chamlote silk of variant hewis.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xvi. iv. f. ccxxxiii^v/2 And aboue this gret ordinance thay brocht .iiii.C. curacis of quhyt harnis .iiii.C. halflang swordis.

1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. Aiv^v Braggand Forguson Vich halflang suord.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 69 Perhaps the Robin's whistling glee, Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree.

2008 Hist. Ireland 16 25/1 Halflang and twa-handit swords would have been wielded in a similar way to axes.

†2. Partial, imperfect, incomplete. Cf. halfling adj. 1, half adj. 3. Obsolete.

a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 676 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 211 Quhilkis ar bot halflang misty & secret.

1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. B Thou vith thy scripture callit halflang.

†3. Not yet fully grown, adolescent; (sometimes) spec. designating a boy or young man employed in a junior role in agricultural or other work; = halfling adj. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent

adolescent1481

undergrown1601

pubescent1646

halfling1801

halflang1805

teenish1811

halfling1815

teening1818

puberala1856

puberate1880

pre-adult1899

teenage1912

teenaged1913

1656 At Quarter-session for Shire of Ayr in Edinb. Mag. (1798) Sept. 165/2 An halflang-man, that can only shear, is to have ten merks Scots.

1666 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) II. 66 His boy, a gay halfe long lad.

1805 J. Nicol Poems II. (Jam.) The haaf-lang chiels assemblin there.

1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin viii. 75 Accompanied by Patie Baisler, an' a squad o' half-lang ploughmen chields frae neeborin' farms.

a1917 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes (1925) 12 Yeh haaflang chaap as black as Eppie Suittie.

†B. n.

1. Tanning. A hide of half the usual length. Obsolete.

1586 Edinb. Test. XV. f. 362^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Half-lang Thrie daiker of hydis in the lyme pott,..mair half ane daiker of halflangis.

1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII. f. 113^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Half-lang Fourtie thrie calff skins,..four daiker & thrie halflongs.

2. A youth, an adolescent; (formerly sometimes) spec. one employed in a junior role in agricultural or other work; = halfling n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

1656 At Quarter-session for Shire of Ayr in Edinb. Mag. (1798) Sept. 165/1 A man-servant of younger years, commonly called a halflang, being a domestick servant, is to have yearly for fee and bountieth, twenty merks Scots.

1721 H. Marwick Merchant Lairds (1739) II. 19 Elsness at present kept of labouring servants at Housbie four men four boys three women and four halflangs.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 165 Hauf-lang,..a stripling or half-grown boy, especially one employed in a stable or farm-work.

3. A sheep cross-bred from a Cheviot ram and a blackface ewe. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > half-bred

half-bred1848

mule1892

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 393/2 A cross betwixt the Cheviot ram and blackfaced ewe..known by the name of Halflangs.

1876 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 22 Amidst the Lammermoors, on the ground where halfbreds cannot be kept, the Black-faced and Halflangs find a home. The latter class are also a hybrid breed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	halflang
释义	halflangadj.n. Brit. /ˈhɑːflaŋ/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌlæŋ/, Scottish English /ˈhaflaŋ/ Forms: α. pre-1700 haluelang, pre-1700 1700s– halflang, 1800s– haaflang, 1900s hafflang, 1900s– hauflang. β. pre-1700 halfelong, pre-1700 halflong. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., Scots lang , long adj.¹ Etymology: < half adv. + lang, Scots form of long adj.¹ (compare α. forms at long adj.¹ and n.¹). Originally (in general use in sense A. 1) a Scots variant of half long (a1425 in Middle English; compare half adv. 1a), subsequently distinguished in specific uses. In some forms and senses difficult to distinguish from halfling n. and adj. (see discussion at that entry). With sense B. 2 compare halfling n. 1.The β. forms represent anglicized spellings in Older Scots; compare β. forms at long adj.¹ and n.¹ Scottish. A. adj. 1. Of half the full or usual length; short. In early use esp. of swords. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > of half length halflang1581 1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 27 For a halue lang gowne to the King, ix½ elne of chamlote silk of variant hewis. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xvi. iv. f. ccxxxiii^v/2 And aboue this gret ordinance thay brocht .iiii.C. curacis of quhyt harnis .iiii.C. halflang swordis. 1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. Aiv^v Braggand Forguson Vich halflang suord. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 69 Perhaps the Robin's whistling glee, Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree. 2008 Hist. Ireland 16 25/1 Halflang and twa-handit swords would have been wielded in a similar way to axes. †2. Partial, imperfect, incomplete. Cf. halfling adj. 1, half adj. 3. Obsolete. Π a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 676 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 211 Quhilkis ar bot halflang misty & secret. 1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. B Thou vith thy scripture callit halflang. †3. Not yet fully grown, adolescent; (sometimes) spec. designating a boy or young man employed in a junior role in agricultural or other work; = halfling adj. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent adolescent1481 undergrown1601 pubescent1646 halfling1801 halflang1805 teenish1811 halfling1815 teening1818 puberala1856 puberate1880 pre-adult1899 teenage1912 teenaged1913 1656 At Quarter-session for Shire of Ayr in Edinb. Mag. (1798) Sept. 165/2 An halflang-man, that can only shear, is to have ten merks Scots. 1666 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) II. 66 His boy, a gay halfe long lad. 1805 J. Nicol Poems II. (Jam.) The haaf-lang chiels assemblin there. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin viii. 75 Accompanied by Patie Baisler, an' a squad o' half-lang ploughmen chields frae neeborin' farms. a1917 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes (1925) 12 Yeh haaflang chaap as black as Eppie Suittie. †B. n. 1. Tanning. A hide of half the usual length. Obsolete. Π 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. f. 362^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Half-lang Thrie daiker of hydis in the lyme pott,..mair half ane daiker of halflangis. 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII. f. 113^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Half-lang Fourtie thrie calff skins,..four daiker & thrie halflongs. 2. A youth, an adolescent; (formerly sometimes) spec. one employed in a junior role in agricultural or other work; = halfling n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 1656 At Quarter-session for Shire of Ayr in Edinb. Mag. (1798) Sept. 165/1 A man-servant of younger years, commonly called a halflang, being a domestick servant, is to have yearly for fee and bountieth, twenty merks Scots. 1721 H. Marwick Merchant Lairds (1739) II. 19 Elsness at present kept of labouring servants at Housbie four men four boys three women and four halflangs. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 165 Hauf-lang,..a stripling or half-grown boy, especially one employed in a stable or farm-work. 3. A sheep cross-bred from a Cheviot ram and a blackface ewe. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > half-bred half-bred1848 mule1892 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 393/2 A cross betwixt the Cheviot ram and blackfaced ewe..known by the name of Halflangs. 1876 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 22 Amidst the Lammermoors, on the ground where halfbreds cannot be kept, the Black-faced and Halflangs find a home. The latter class are also a hybrid breed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.n.1474
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