healfweg

Old English

Etymology

Composed of healf- +‎ weġ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

healfweġ m (nominative plural healfwegas)

1. half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.