different between halve vs halse

English

Etymology

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijan? (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??v/
• Rhymes: -??v
• (US) enPR: h?v, IPA^(key): /hæv/
• Rhymes: -æv
• Homophone: have (some accents)

Verb

halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)

1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
3. (transitive) To make up half of.
   • 1855, Matthew Arnold, Faded Leaves

     So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.

4. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

Synonyms

• (to divide into two halves): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect

Translations

Anagrams

• Havel, Vahle

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?halv?], [?hall?]

Adjective

halve

1. plural and definite singular attributive of halv

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l.v?/

Adjective

halve

1. Inflected form of half

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

halve (plural halves or halven)

1. Alternative form of half

Etymology 2

From Old English helfe.

Noun

halve

1. Alternative form of helve

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

1. definite singular of halv
2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa

Noun

halve f or m (definite singular halva or halven, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

1. (a) half

Synonyms

• halvdel
• halvpart

References

• “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

1. definite singular of halv
2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa.

Noun

halve f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

1. a half

Synonyms

• halvdel
• halvpart

References

• “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): [ho?s], [ha?s], [ho?z]
• Rhymes: -??s

Etymology 1

From Middle English hals, from Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *kols-, *?ols- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch hals (“neck, throat”), German Hals (“neck, throat”), Norwegian hals (“neck, throat”), Swedish hals (“neck, throat”), Latin collum (“neck”).

Alternative forms

• hawse (Scotland)

Noun

halse (plural halses)

1. (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.

Derived terms

• halseman

Etymology 2

From Middle English halsen, halchen, from Old English *halsian, *healsian (“to embrace”, literally “to fall upon the neck of”), from heals (“neck”). See above. Cognate with Old Saxon helsjen (“to embrace”), Old High German hals?n (German halsen (“to jibe”)), Icelandic hálsa (“to embrace”).

Alternative forms

• haulse
• halsh (dialectal)
• hawse, hose (Scotland)

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.

Related terms

• enhalse

Etymology 3

From Middle English halsen, halsien (“to beseech, adjure”), from Old English healsian, h?lsian (“to entreat earnestly, beseech, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *hailis?n? (“to greet”), from Proto-Indo-European *kailo-, *kailu- (“whole, safe”). Cognate with Middle High German heilsen (“to predict”), Swedish hälsa (“to greet”), Icelandic heilsa (“to salute”). More at whole, hailse.

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
2. (transitive) To beseech; adjure.

Related terms

• halsen
• halseny
• hazeney
• hazon

Etymology 4

From Middle English hals (“neck”), from Old Norse háls (“neck, part of the forecastle or bow of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Danish hals (“neck, tack”).

Alternative forms

• hawse

Noun

halse (plural halses)

1. Alternative form of hawse

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

1. (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

Danish

Noun

halse c

1. indefinite plural of hals

Verb

halse (imperative hals, infinitive at halse, present tense halser, past tense halsede, perfect tense har halset)

1. bark

   Hunden halser: The dog is barking

2. rush

   halse efter: rush after

Synonyms

• (bark): gø

Middle English

Verb

halse

1. Alternative form of halsen