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