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helpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
helpan, p. healp, pl. hulpon; pp. holpen; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §41; §43; §64; §80; §96; §106; §111; §215; §226; §276; §291; §472; §475; §476; §482; §484; §486; §499;
followed by gen. or dat. To help, aid, assist, succour
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  • Ðú monegum helpst

    thou helpest many,

    • Hy. 7, 44; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 44.
  • Wið fefre hylpþ marubis tó drincanne

    for fever it helps to drink marrubium,

    • L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 27.
  • helpeþ þearfan

    parcet pauperi,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 13.
  • Ðonne helpe gé wel ðám ðe gé lǽraþ gif hí eówre lárum fyligean willaþ

    then do ye well help those whom ye teach, if they will follow your teaching,

    • L. I. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 21.
  • Hé nyle helpan ðæs folces mid ðam ðe God his healp

    ex muneribus quæ perceperit prodesse aliis non curat,

    • Past. 5, 2; Swt. 45, 5.
  • Ðonne ðu hulpe mín

    when thou didst help me,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 20.
  • Ða steortas hulpan ealle ðæs heáfdes

    all the tails helped the head,

    • Shrn. 162, 16
    • :
    • Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 10; Cri. 1354.
  • Help mín

    help me,

    • Ps. Th. 60, 1.
  • God úre helpe. Amen

    may God help us. Amen,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 112, 225.
  • Wé on ðisum lífe mágon helpan ðám forþfarenum ðe on wítnunge beóþ

    we in this life may help the departed that are being punished,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 356, 11.
  • Wé sceolon earmra manna helpan

    we ought to help poor people,

    • 442, 14.
  • Helpa

    fovere,

    • Rtl. 122, 37.
Etymology
[
Chauc. Piers. P. p. halp, help, pl. holpen; pp. holpen: the pp. holpen occurs in the authorized version of the Bible
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Goth. hilpan
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O. Sax. helpan
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O. Frs. helpa
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Icel. hjálpa
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O. H. Ger. helfan
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Ger. helfen
.]
Derived forms
á-, ge-helpan
Linked entries
v.  a-helpan ge-helpan.
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