Abstract: Half heald of a leno selvedge with lifting healds, whereas the half heald has two arms that may be joined together on their upper end so as to form a head and that are provided on their lower end with a foot, whereas the foot is magnetically co-operating with the at least one magnet of the lifting heald, and whereas the foot (70, 80) of the half heald (50) is given a shape that allows the magnetic force exerted onto the foot of the half heald in the stroke direction (arrow 100) of the lifting healds (2, 3) to be smaller than in the reverse direction, whereas the foot (70, 80) is provided with an upper end being designed as a border (71, 81) so that the half heald (59) is alternately magnetically brakable by the lifting healds (2, 3).