† half-deal, n. and adv. Obs.
[f. half a. + deal n.1 Cf. halfendeal.]
A. n. ‘Half part’; half.
| 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles iv. 2 Where was euere ony cristen kynge..Þat helde swiche an household be þe halfdelle As Richard. a 1400–50 Alexander 1368 Hugir by þe halfe dele & hiȝere þan þe toþire. 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 200 Offered hym his eldest daughter..in mariage, with the whole halfedele of his wifes inheritaunce. 1641 Prynne Antip. 18 Deprived of all Soveraigntie over one halfe-deale of his Kingdome. |
B. adv. Half.
| 1399 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 403 The hie houusinge herborowe ne myghte half-delle the householde. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. ix. 212 All kynd of vicis to comprehend half deill..I mycht nocht rekkin. |