helpe

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English

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Noun

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helpe

  1. Obsolete spelling of help.

Verb

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helpe (third-person singular simple present helpes, present participle helping, simple past and past participle helped)

  1. Obsolete spelling of help.
    • 1565, Thomas Stapleton, A Fortresse of the Faith: First Planted Amonge Vs Englishmen, and Continued Hitherto in the Vniuersall Church of Christ. The Faith of Which Time Protestants Call, Papistry., Antwerp: [] Ihon Laet, [], part 2, folio 112, recto:
      For iff the patient be aſhamed to diſcloſe his wounde to the phyſician which knoweth it not, phyſicke can not helpe him.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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helpe

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of helpen

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch helpa, from Proto-Germanic *helpō.

Noun

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helpe f

  1. help, assistance
  2. help, helper

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: hulp
  • Limburgish: hölp

Further reading

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxel.pe/, [ˈheɫ.pe]

Noun

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helpe

  1. inflection of help:
    1. nominative/accusative plural
    2. accusative/genitive/dative singular

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian helpa, from Proto-West Germanic *helpan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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helpe

  1. to help

Inflection

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Strong class 3
infinitive helpe
3rd singular past holp
past participle holpen
infinitive helpe
long infinitive helpen
gerund helpen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular help holp
2nd singular helpst holpst
3rd singular helpt holp
plural helpe holpen
imperative help
participles helpend holpen
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Further reading

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  • helpe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011