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§5; §41; §43; §64; §80; §96; §106; §111; §215; §226; §276; §291; §472; §475; §476; §482; §484; §486; §499;
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to add one's own action or effort to that of another so as to make it more effectual, to further the action or purpose of
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  • Hé his mǽges healp,

    • B. 2698
      • .

  • Uton clypian tó heofonum ꝥ God úre helpe and tóbrýte þisne here,

    • Hml. S. 25, 349
      • .

  • Ic wolde helpan þæs þe ðǽr unscyldig wǽre and hénan þone þe hine yfelode,

    • Bt. 38, 6
      • ;
    • F. 208, 17
      • .

  • Is se dæg comen ꝥ úre mandryhten mægenes behófað gódra manna; wutun gangan tó helpan hildfruman,

    • B 2649
      • :
    • 2879
      • .

  • Of suoester ne hiá helpende

    de sorore non eam adiuuante.

    • Lk. p. 7, I.
to relieve the wants or necessities of a person, to succour
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  • Þonne hý him tó eów árna bǽdun, þonne gé hyra hulpon,

    • Cri. 1354
      • .

  • Help (cf. ára,

    • Met. 4, 31)

    þínum earmum moncynne,

    • Bt. 4; F. 8,

  • Milsa ús ł help úsig

    miserere nostri.

    • Mt. L. 20, 30
      • .

  • Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera útan ne helpe

    si cura exierioris subsidii a pastore negligatur,

    • Past. 137, 15
      • .

  • Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres aldor, þǽr heora Móyses mægene ne hulpe,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 19
      • :
    • 118, 92
      • .

  • Bibeád ic eów ꝥ gé of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów geaf earmra hulpen,

    • Cri. 1603
      • .
used absolutely:
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  • Gif limlǽweo lama þe forworht wǽre weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht áibbe, siþþan man mót hylpan, sé þe wyllen beorgan sáre and sáule,

    • Ll. Th. i. 172, 18.
to be serviceable, to profit, avail.
the subject a person
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  • Ne helpað hí mid óðrum hira niéhstum, mid óðrum hí him deriað

    in uno proximorum vitam minus adjuvant, in alters multum gravant,

    • Past. 449, 28
      • .
the subject a thing,
given by a noun
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  • Oft sió ilce lár ðe óðrum hielpeð (óðre hilpeð, v. l.), hió dereð ðíém óðrum

    saepe aliis officiunt, quae aliis prosunt,

    • Past. 173, 19
      • .

  • Ðǽm synfullan náuht ne helpað his gódan geðóhtas, . . . ne ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yrflan geðóhtas,

    • 423, 25
      • .

  • Wisse hé ꝥ him holtwudu helpan ne meahte,

    • B. 2340
      • :
    • 2684
      • .
given in a clause
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  • Ic wát ꝥ þé ná ne helpeð (fremað,

    v.l. expedit)

    ꝥ þú gá fram mé þus unrótum,

    • Gr. D. 8, i, 13
      • .

  • Hwæðer þú on ǽngum gcþeahte swá twiorǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe,

    • Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • F. 25O. 9.
reflex,
to put forth needed effort on one's own behalf
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  • Þ heora hǽþenan gild náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðára ðe tó him are wilnodan.

    • Bl. H. 223. 3.
to relieve a malady, remedy a weakness
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  • Ic geléfo, help (tóhelpe, R.

    adjuva)

    ungeleaffulmse mínne,

    • Mk. L. 9, 24
      • .
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v. tó-helpan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “helpan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52240.

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