God helpe sumes mannes

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡod ˈxel.pe ˈsu.mes ˈmɑn.nes/, [ɡod ˈheɫ.pe ˈsu.mes ˈmɑn.nes]

Interjection

God helpe sumes mannes

1. God help someone
   • c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English‎^[1]:

     God ūre helpe, āmēn.

     God help us, amen.

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

     God helpe mīnum handum!

     God help my hands!