hilpan

Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (3)
Present participle: hilpands
to help, assist
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *helpanan; OE helpan (Mod E help); O Fris helpa; O Sax helpan; Dt helpen; OHG helfan (Mod G helfen); Icel hjálpa; Dan hjælpe; Swhjälpa]
Concordance
hilpan - inf- Luk. V, 7
hilp - 2 პირ., sing, imper - Mrk. IX, 22; IX, 24
hilpands - pres.p.- Cor. II, I, 11
Paradigm

4.1.1.3.

In the combination sonant + occlusive, r, l, m, n were initially syllable-forming sounds, but already in the Common Germanic period, before r, l, m, n there began to appear the so-called epenthetic (inserted) vowel, which in Gothic always produced [-u-]
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III class infinitive preterite singular preterite plural past participle
normal grade normal grade zero grade zero grade
i/ă -i- -a- zero zero
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is sonant + any consonant, e.g. -nd-, -rþ-, etc. i + nd = ind a + nd = and epenthetic u + nd = und epenthetic u + nd = und
to bind; to tie bindan band bundum bundans
i + rþ = airþ [-ɛ-] a + rþ = arþ epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-] epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-]
to become, turn into something wairþan
[-ɛ-]
warþ waúrþum
[-o-]
waúrþans
[-o-]

See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs