† bihalvesprep.adv.

Forms: late Old English behealfes, early Middle English bihælues (south-west midlands), early Middle English bihalfes, early Middle English bihalfues, Middle English bihalues, Middle English byhalues, late Middle English behaluys.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bihalve prep., -s suffix¹.

Etymology: < bihalve prep. + -s suffix¹. With use as adverb compare bihalve adv. Compare semantically similar besides adv. and prep.Perhaps occasionally reanalysed in later Middle English as showing the plural of half n. in the second element. Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts.

Obsolete.

A. prep.

At the side of, near; alongside, adjoining.In quot. lOE in therebihalves; cf. therebesides adv. at therebeside adv. Derivatives.

lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 107 Se halga..þurhfor ealle þa westene þe þær be healfes wæron, geornlice secende hwær he wunigunge habban mihte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4645 Bi-hælues þan fihte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4207 Enne gume..him bi-halfues.

B. adv.

Close by; nearby; to one side.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 16 Gregorius wolde Gode aræren haliȝ mynsterlif ihende anre sæ; ac ðær wæs bi halfes an swiðe heah clif onemn.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 287 Þe bi-halues were.

c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) l. 11 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 92 Seinte katerine..to-ward heom gan drawe; bi-halues heo stod and bi-heold heore wrechche gydi-hede.

1452 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 275 Ther was acordet..that all men and women that wold bryng peke bages behaluys to the market of whete, berr, otemalte..excepte otis.

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

单词	bihalves
释义	† bihalvesprep.adv. Forms: late Old English behealfes, early Middle English bihælues (south-west midlands), early Middle English bihalfes, early Middle English bihalfues, Middle English bihalues, Middle English byhalues, late Middle English behaluys. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bihalve prep., -s suffix¹. Etymology: < bihalve prep. + -s suffix¹. With use as adverb compare bihalve adv. Compare semantically similar besides adv. and prep.Perhaps occasionally reanalysed in later Middle English as showing the plural of half n. in the second element. Word division in Old English and Middle English examples frequently reflects editorial choices of modern editors of texts, rather than the practice of the manuscripts. Obsolete. A. prep. At the side of, near; alongside, adjoining.In quot. lOE in therebihalves; cf. therebesides adv. at therebeside adv. Derivatives. Π lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 107 Se halga..þurhfor ealle þa westene þe þær be healfes wæron, geornlice secende hwær he wunigunge habban mihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4645 Bi-hælues þan fihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4207 Enne gume..him bi-halfues. B. adv. Close by; nearby; to one side. Π c1175 ( Ælfric Homily in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 16 Gregorius wolde Gode aræren haliȝ mynsterlif ihende anre sæ; ac ðær wæs bi halfes an swiðe heah clif onemn. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 287 Þe bi-halues were. c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) l. 11 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 92 Seinte katerine..to-ward heom gan drawe; bi-halues heo stod and bi-heold heore wrechche gydi-hede. 1452 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 275 Ther was acordet..that all men and women that wold bryng peke bages behaluys to the market of whete, berr, otemalte..excepte otis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > see also also refers to : † bihalvebihalvenbihalvesphr.adv.prep. < prep.adv.lOE see also
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