helpan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of helpan

Infinitive

helpan
helpenne

Participles

Presenthelpende
Past(ġe)holpen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.helpe
2nd sing.hilpst
3rd sing.hilpþ
1st plur.helpaþ
2nd plur.helpaþ
3rd plur.helpaþ

Past

1st sing.healp
2nd sing.hulpe
3rd sing.healp
1st plur.hulpon
2nd plur.hulpon
3rd plur.hulpon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.helpe
2nd sing.helpe
3rd sing.helpe
1st plur.helpen
2nd plur.helpen
3rd plur.helpen

Past

1st sing.hulpe
2nd sing.hulpe
3rd sing.hulpe
1st plur.hulpen
2nd plur.hulpen
3rd plur.hulpen

Imperative

Singularhelp
Pluralhelpaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'helpan'

helpan,

Verbs similar to 'helpan'

gelpan, helan, helian, belean, belgan, bellan, celan, cepan, delfan, felan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. See: Proto-Germanic '*helpaną'.

Verbs referencing "helpan"

English help, Middle English helpen.

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)
  • God ūre helpe. (God help us.) [c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English:]

Cognates

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