halver

See also: Halver

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -ævə(ɹ)

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.

   • 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

     like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's.

Anagrams

• Harvel

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

halver m or f

1. indefinite plural of halve

Verb

halver

1. imperative of halvere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

halver

1. imperative of halvera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

halver f

1. indefinite plural of halve
2. indefinite plural of halva (non-standard since 2012)

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 halvom	halfri halfri	halvu halvo
genitive	halfs	halfrar	halfs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	halvir halver	halvar	half
accusative	halva	halvar	half
dative	halvum halvom	halvum halvom	halvum halvom
genitive	halfra halfra	halfra halfra	halfra halfra

Declension of halver (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	halvi halve	halva	halva
accusative	halva	halvu halvo	halva
dative	halva	halvu halvo	halva
genitive	halva	halvu halvo	halva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	halvu halvo	halvu halvo	halvu halvo
accusative	halvu halvo	halvu halvo	halvu halvo
dative	halvu halvo	halvu halvo	halvu halvo
genitive	halvu halvo	halvu halvo	halvu halvo

Descendants

• Swedish: halv