helpan
Esperanto
Adjective
helpan
- accusative singular of helpa
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.
Verb
helpan
- to help, to assist [+dative]
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- 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
- Dutch: helpen
Further reading
- “helpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *helpaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxel.pɑn/, [ˈheɫ.pɑn]
Verb
helpan
- 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
- God ūre helpe.
- God help us.
- 11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
Conjugation
Conjugation of helpan (strong class 3)
| infinitive | helpan | helpenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | helpe | healp |
| second person singular | hilpst | hulpe |
| third person singular | hilpþ | healp |
| plural | helpaþ | hulpon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | helpe | hulpe |
| plural | helpen | hulpen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | help | |
| plural | helpaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| helpende | (ġe)holpen | |
Descendants
- Middle English: helpen, help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpan
- English: help
- Scots: help
- Yola: help
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną.
Verb
helpan
- to help
Conjugation
Conjugation of helpan (strong class 3)
| infinitive | helpan | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | hilpu | halp |
| 2nd person singular | hilpis | hulpi |
| 3rd person singular | hilpid | halp |
| plural | helpad | hulpun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | helpe | hulpi |
| 2nd person singular | helpes | hulpis |
| 3rd person singular | helpe | hulpi |
| plural | helpen | hulpin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | help | |
| plural | helpad | |
| participle | present | past |
| hilpandi | giholpan, holpan | |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: helpen
- German Low German: helpen, hölpen