healfweg

Old English

Etymology

Composed of healf- +‎ weġ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑlfˌwej/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫvˌwej]

Noun

healfweġ m (nominative plural healfwegas)

half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes

Declension

Declension of healfweg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	healfweġ	healfwegas
accusative	healfweġ	healfwegas
genitive	healfweġes	healfwega
dative	healfweġe	healfwegum

Descendants

Middle English: halfwey
- English: halfway

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “healfweg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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