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helfe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
helfe, es; m. n.
[?] Helve, handle
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  • Hæft and helfe

    manubrium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20.
  • Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe

    ferrum lapsum de manubrio,

    • Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1.
  • Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe

    I gathered me handles for each of the tools that I could work with,

    • Shrn. 163, 6.
Etymology
[
Orm. hellfe
:
Prompt. Parv. helve manubrium
:
Wick. helve
:
O. H. Ger. halap, halp, halbe, helbe manubrium.
Helve is a word given as still belonging to the dialects of East Anglia.]
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  • helfe, n.