Ge-helpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-helpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: helpan. ge-helpan

Definitions

1 ge-helpan

p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat. To assist, preserve, to be sufficient; adjuvare, subvenire, suppetere. I. cum gen :-- Ðonne hie mágon ðín gehelpan when they can help thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Ðú gehelpest ðysses menniscan cynnes thou shalt help this human race, Blickl. Homl. 9, 8. Ðú mín hæfst geholpen thou hast assisted me, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 18. II. cum dat :-- Him ðá Ioseph gehealp then Joseph helped them, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 6. Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp the woman who preserved your life, Jos. 6, 22. He wolde gehelpan ðearfum he wished to help needy people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 226.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᛚᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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