hielfe

Old English

Alternative forms

• hylfe, helfe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, divide”), probably related to *halbaz (“half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi͜yl.fe/, [ˈhi͜yɫ.ve]

Noun

hielfe n

1. handle

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hielfe	hielfu
accusative	hielfe	hielfu
genitive	hielfes	hielfa
dative	hielfe	hielfum

Descendants

• Middle English: helve, hylve, helfe, hilve, halve, alffe, hellfe
  • English: helve
  • Scots: helf

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “923-27”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 923-27