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ge-helpan

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Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.
To assist, preserve, to be sufficient; adjuvare, subvenire, suppetere.
Grammar
ge-helpan, cum gen
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  • Ðonne hie mágon ðín gehelpan

    when they can help thee,

    • Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10
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  • Ðú gehelpest ðysses menniscan cynnes

    thou shalt help this human race,

    • Blickl. Homl. 9, 8
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  • Ðú mín hæfst geholpen

    thou hast assisted me,

    • Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 18
      • .
Grammar
ge-helpan, cum dat
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  • Him ðá Ioseph gehealp

    then Joseph helped them,

    • Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 6
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  • Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp

    the woman who preserved your life,

    • Jos. 6, 22
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  • He wolde gehelpan ðearfum

    he wished to help needy people,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 226
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v. helpan.
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v.  ge-heolp.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/14644.

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