Wyllyam wold not rest there tyll that he had gotte halffe of that holy mylke, but whan he had || it, he thoghte that he was richer than Croeseus.
Before I was clothyd with precyous stones and gold, and had my chaunges, and dayly ther was offeryd gold and precyous stones, now I am skarsly coueryd with halffe a gowne and that is all beeyten with mysse.
But ye Englishmã obtaynyd the halffeof that mylke, & caryed it to Walsyngã in England, the holy ghost put suche in hys mynde.
Townesend shuld have ben contentte with it, whyche is knowyn the contrary, and causyd hym to geve delay in that be halffe to zow.
My mastres hys wyffe, on my feythe I darr say, the moste harty body to zow wordes in this be halffe that is alyve, and the fayneeste body woold be to have it accomplyshyd.
The place at Warwykes Inne is large, and my grawntdame is agyd; it had ben jopertous to leve moche plate wyth hyr, thoghe halffe were hyr owne.
Item, thatt I have payement off the holl as shortly as ye kan, halffe in hande, the remenaunt at halffe yeer, or ellys at ij.
The first entry I meet with is in 1511: Payd the halffe mark at Saham.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "halffe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
