helpe

English

Noun

helpe

  1. Obsolete spelling of help

Verb

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

helpe

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

helpe f

  1. help, assistance
  2. help, helper

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: hulp
  • Limburgish: hölp

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxel.pe/, [ˈheɫ.pe]

Noun

helpe

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlpə/

Verb

helpe

  1. to help

Inflection

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

Further reading

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