To the extent or amount of half, half, half-; also, to a partial extent or degree, partially: (a) with an infinitive or a finite verb; slen hem half, to kill half of them; (b) with ppl.: half brent……

(a) Goods costing a penny; what can be bought for a penny, a small quantity; what is worth a penny; also fig. of an abstraction; peni ne peni-worth; (b) pl. goods, merchandise; god (faire, bettre)……

(a) A half part of an object, an area, an aggregate, a quantity, a unit of measurement, etc.; also, one of two (unequal parts), one of two ends or sides; (b) and a(n half, and half, (so much or many)……

Constituting the half part of an object, an aggregate, a unit of numbering, coinage, measurement, time, area, etc.; half: (a) immediately preceding a noun; (b) separated from a noun by the definite……