different between halver vs halfer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??v?(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
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2

     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 main entry.

Verb

halver

1. imperative of halvera and halvere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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

Descendants

• Swedish: halv

English

Etymology

half +? -er

Noun

halfer (plural halfers)

1. (obsolete) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Montagu to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) A gelded male fallow deer.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pegge (1814) to this entry?)