verb · transitive · rare

helve

helve · helves · helved · helving

To furnish with a helveTo furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

/hɛlv/

Meaning

1 senses

To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. P

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.

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Forms

helves, helving, helved, helved

Base form	helve · to helve
3rd person singular	helves
Present participle	helving
Past simple	helved
Past participle	helved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	helve
he, she, it	helves

Past simpleLesson

all persons

helved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have helved
he, she, it	has helved

Future simple (will)Lesson