helpan

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Esperanto

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Adjective

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helpan

  1. accusative singular of helpa

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

Verb

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helpan

  1. to help, to assist [with dative]

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: helpen
    • Dutch: helpen
      • Afrikaans: help
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: helpu
      • Javindo: helpen
      • Jersey Dutch: hälpe
      • Negerhollands: help
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: halp
      • Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlep
    • Limburgish: hèlpe

Further reading

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  • helpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxel.pɑn/, [ˈheɫ.pɑn]

Verb

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helpan

  1. to help (+dative or genitive)
    • 11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
      God helpe mīnum handum.
      God help my hands.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, The Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary
      On þissum wræcfullum līfe, wē sċulon earmra manna helpan.
      In this life of exile, we should help poor people.
    • c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English[1]:
      God ūre helpe.
      God help us.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.

Verb

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helpan

  1. to help

Conjugation

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Descendants

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