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HELP

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.
HELP, aid, succour
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  • On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help

    probans se esse conservatorem humilium,

    • Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25.

  • Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum

    there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1814; An. 909.

  • Gionn helpe

    præsta subsidium,

    • Rtl. 71, 37.

  • Ða ðe hine helpe biddaþ

    who ask him for help,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 2
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2061; An. 1033.

  • Gehýr helpys bénan

    exaudi me,

    • Ps. Th. l01. 2.

  • Uton helpan as ðam raðost ðe helpes betst behófaþ

    let us ever help him first who has most need of help,

    • L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3.

  • Helpes bedǽled

    deprived of help,

    • MS. Cott. Nero A. i. fol. 73.

  • Helpes biddende

    asking for help

    :

    sumes helpes biddende

    asking for some help,

    • Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 2.

  • Hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe on ðás world ástág

    who came down to this world as their salvation and help,

    • Blickl. Homl. 105, 32.

  • Ðám burgwarum com mára fultum tó útan tó helpe

    more aid came from without to the citizens to help them,

    • Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 19.

  • Rúmlícum helpe

    benigno favore,

    • Rtl. 17, 35.

  • Þurh ða gebedu gé mágon on swíðe mycelan hylpe beón ge libbendum ge forþfarenum

    by prayers you may be of very great help both to the living and the departed,

    • L. E, I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 18
      • :
    • 21; Th. ii. 414, 36.

  • Nǽnige helpe ðam byrnendan húse gedón mihton

    nil ardenti domui prodesse valentes,

    • Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 34.

  • Ðá nǽnig him ǽnige helpe findan mihte

    cum nil salutis furenti superesse videretur,

    • 3, 11; S. 536, 25.

  • Helpe úserne

    adjulorium nostrum,

    • Rtl. 172, 23.

  • Ðǽr mé wið láþum lícsyrce mín helpe gefremede

    there against the foes my coat of mail afforded me help,

    • Beo. Th. 1107; B. 550.

  • Gehýr mé and mé help freme

    exaudi me,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 17
      • :
    • Cd. 184; Th. 230, 20; Dan. 236.

  • Dǽleþ help and hǽlo hæleþa bearnum

    distributes help and salvation to the children of men,

    • 226; Th. 301, 15; Sat, 586
Etymology
[
O. Sax. helpa; f
:
O. Frs. helfe; f
:
Icel. hjálp; f
:
O. H. Ger. helfa; f. auxilium, adjutorium, subsidium, solatium
:
Ger. hülfe.
]
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v. helpe.
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v.  hylp.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HELP.” 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/18679.

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