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  • Gehelpan

    subuenire,

      An. Ox. 57, 4.

  • Geholpene

    fotam,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 46.
to add one's own action or effort to that of another, further the action or purpose of
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  • Gif God þé nú gehelpð, and þú hæfst sige. Hml. S. 7, 354.

  • Gehelp ðínum mágum ðe ðá mánfullan besittað,

      25, 400.

  • Cuoeð hir ꝥte fultume ł gehelpe (

    adiuuet

    ) mec,
      Lk. L. 10, 40.

  • Hiá bécnadon ðǽm foerum ꝥte gecuóm-on and gehulpo hiá,

      5, 7.
to relieve the wants or necessities of a person, to succour
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  • Sceal se ríca dǽlan his byrðene wið þone ðearfan, þonne hé . . . ðám þearfan gehelpð. Hml. Th. i. 254, 33.

  • Of-þryhtum hé gehealp,

      Hml. S. 30, 6.

  • Forgif him fultum and heora gehelp,

      440.

  • Gihelp úser

    adjuva nos

    ,
      Mk. R. 9, 22.

  • Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan. ꝥ hé þám menn (

    with broken limbs

    ) geheolpe,
      Hml. S. 21, 330.

  • Gehulpe,

      Hex. 22, 17.

  • Hié þǽr wurdon mid hungre ácwealde, þǽr heora þá ne gehulpe þá þǽr æt hám wǽron,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 5.

  • Hé wolde tó helle gecuman tó gehelpen[n]e Adames,

      Hml. S. 24, 179.

  • Þám eádmódum gehelpende (

    consulens, i. succurrens ),

      An. Ox, 4123.
to benefit, do good to, be of use or service to.
the object a person
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  • Ne ðeacute; nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tó;geánes ðisum Godes dóme,

      Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26.

  • Hié ðára diégelnesse bet trúwigen ðonne ðǽre hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen. Se áncenneda Godes sunu wæs férende ðæt hé úre gehulpe

    utilitati ceterorum secretum prae-ponit suum, quando ipse Summi Patris unigeniius, ut multis prodesset, egressus est

    .
      Past. 47, 1 - 4.

  • Se lǽce, ðonne hé ðǽm siócan ne trúwað, and wénð ðæt his gehelpan ne mæge,

      391, 24, 26.

  • Ðǽm mæg beón suíðe raðe geholpen from his láreówe

    quibus citius a praedicante succur-ritur

    ,
      225, 22.
the object a disastrous thing,
to lessen the evils of
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  • Hú heora godas þurh heora blótunge þæs monncwealmes gehulpon,

      Ors. 3; 3.S. 102, 16.
Grammar
ge-helpan, abs. or intrans.
To be of use or service, avail
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  • Megene ne gehelpaþ

    vires non suppetunt

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      Kent. Gl. 931.

  • Ne ǽniht gehalp

    nec quicquam profecerat,

      Mk. L. R. 5, 36.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-helpan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48267.

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