halpeni

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === halfpeni, halfpani, alfpeni, halpenie, halpenei, halpani, alpeni, hapeni, helpeni Plural: (without loss of final vowel, whence modern halfpennies) halpenis, halpenes, halfpenies, halpeniges (with loss of final vowel, whence modern halfpence) halpens, halpans, halpons, alpens, halfpens === Etymology === From Late Old English halpenige, equivalent to half +‎ peny (“penny”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalpɛniː/ === Noun === halpeni (plural halpenis) a halfpenny (often given in charity) (biblical, Goddes halpenī) a coin from biblical times, a small foreign coin (nautical, galeie halpenī) a small foreign coin (halpenī of gold) an English gold coin worth five shillings, equivalent to a crown (used in compounds, attributive) costing a halfpenny, weighing as much as halfpenny ==== Descendants ==== English: halfpenny, ha'penny Scots: halfpenny Yola: haapney ==== References ==== “hal-penī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.