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

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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

• hulpe

Descendants

• Dutch: hulp
• Limburgish: hölp

Further reading

• “helpe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “helpe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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
clitic form	helpsto	holpsto
3rd singular	helpt	holp
plural	helpe	holpen
imperative	help
participles	helpend	holpen

Related terms

• help

Further reading

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