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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "helpen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: helpen, help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpan\nEnglish: help\nScots: help\nYola: help",
"name": "desctree"
}
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"text": "Middle English: helpen, help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpan\nEnglish: help\nScots: help\nYola: help"
}
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *helpaną.",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "helpenne",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "helpe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "hilpst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hulpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"form": "helpaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "hulpon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hulpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hulpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "help",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helpaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "helpende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "holpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeholpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "helpan",
"name": "ang-verb"
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{
"args": {
"1": "helpan<s3>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "God help my hands.",
"text": "11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni\nGod helpe mīnum handum.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In this life of exile, we should help poor people.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, The Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary\nOn þissum wræcfullum līfe, wē sċulon earmra manna helpan.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "God help us.",
"ref": "c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English:",
"text": "God ūre helpe.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"to help (+dative or genitive)"
],
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[
"help",
"help"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈxel.pɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈheɫ.pɑn]"
}
],
"word": "helpan"
}
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},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
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}
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "helpenne",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "helpe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "healp",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "hilpst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"form": "hulpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "hilpþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"form": "healp",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "helpaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "hulpon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "helpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hulpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hulpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "help",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helpaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "helpende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "holpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeholpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
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},
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"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
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"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
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{
"english": "God help my hands.",
"text": "11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni\nGod helpe mīnum handum.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In this life of exile, we should help poor people.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, The Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary\nOn þissum wræcfullum līfe, wē sċulon earmra manna helpan.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "God help us.",
"ref": "c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English:",
"text": "God ūre helpe.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to help (+dative or genitive)"
],
"links": [
[
"help",
"help"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈxel.pɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈheɫ.pɑn]"
}
],
"word": "helpan"
}
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