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Old English · verb

helpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈxel.pɑn/
[ˈheɫ.pɑn]
Syllables
ˈxel · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
help

Meaning

  1. to help

    God helpe mīnum handum.

    God help my hands.

    11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni

Conjugation

Conjugation of helpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular helpehealp
2nd singular hilpsthulpe
3rd singular hilpþhealp
Plural helpaþhulpon
Subjunctive
Singular helpehulpe
Plural helpenhulpen
Non-finite forms of helpan
Form
Infinitive helpan
Inflected infinitive helpenne
Imperative singular help
Imperative plural helpaþ
Present participle helpende
Past participle holpenġeholpen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

Descendants

help

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