Obs. [OE. westhealf: see WEST adv. and HALF sb.] The western side, the west.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., I. i. § 8. On westhealfe [is] se sæ þe mon hætt Proponditis.
a. 1122. O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 1016. [Hie] droʓon heora scipa on west healfe þære brycge.
c. 1205. Lay., 29287. An æst halue, an west helue, wa wes Brutten þere.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 20993. On þe west half o þat cite Birid o cristen men was he.
13[?]. K. Alis., 6334 (Laud MS.). A Folk þer woneþ in þe west half Þat eteþ noiþer Cow ne chalf.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XVI. 550. Quhill thai, besyde Enuerkethyne, On vest half, toward Dunfermlyne, Tuk land.
