God helpe sumes mannes

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Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡod ˈxel.pe ˈsu.mes ˈmɑn.nes/, [ɡod ˈheɫ.pe ˈsu.mes ˈmɑn.nes]

Interjection[edit]

God helpe sumes mannes

  1. God help someone
    • c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English‎[1]:
      God ūre helpe, āmēn.
      God help us, amen.
    • 11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
      God helpe mīnum handum!
      God help my hands!
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