halver

See also: Halver

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə(r)

Noun

halver (plural halvers)

  1. a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
  2. (plural only) sharing in halves
    Let's go halvers on the tab tonight.

Quotations

sharing

  • 1816:like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's." — Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2, 1816

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

halver m or f

  1. indefinite plural of halve

Verb

halver

  1. imperative of halvere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halver f

  1. indefinite plural of halve

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.

Adjective

halver

  1. half

Declension
Declension of halver (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative halver half halft
accusative half halva halft
dative halvum, -om halfri halvu, -o
genitive halfs halfrar halfs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative halvir, -e(r) halvar half
accusative halva halvar half
dative halvum, -om halvum, -om halvum, -om
genitive halfra halfra halfra
Declension of halver (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative halvi, -e halva halva
accusative halva halvu, -o halva
dative halva halvu, -o halva
genitive halva halvu, -o halva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative halvu, -o halvu, -o halvu, -o
accusative halvu, -o halvu, -o halvu, -o
dative halvu, -o halvu, -o halvu, -o
genitive halvu, -o halvu, -o halvu, -o

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