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

• Audio:

  (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

• 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
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