And also blisful Venus, wel arayed, 680 Sat in hir seventhe hous of hevene tho, Disposed wel, and with aspectes payed, To helpen sely Troilus of his wo.
Bot if a man of bothe tuo Be riche and vertuous also, Thanne is he wel the more worth: Bot yit to putte himselve forth He moste don his besinesse, For nowther good ne gentilesse 2290 Mai helpen him whiche ydel be.
For he with him hath evere fyve Servantz that helpen him to stryve: The ferst of hem Malencolie Is cleped, which in compaignie An hundred times in an houre Wol as an angri beste loure, 30 And noman wot the cause why.
These Gabiens be conseil tho Upon the goddes made him swere, That he to hem schal trouthe bere And strengthen hem with al his myht; And thei also him have behiht 4650 To helpen him in his querele.
For which thou art y-bounden as a knight To helpen me, if it lay in thy might, 1150 Or elles artow fals, I dar wel seyn.
Taketh heed to that on · as wel as to that other; Selde ye see ony eyr · helpen his brother.
To make him live by his propre good, In honour dettelees, but he were wood, Or live as scarsly as him list desire; And able for to helpen al a shire In any cas that mighte falle or happe; 585 And yit this maunciple sette hir aller cappe.
Oc him and hiſe helpen and weren; 1272 and gives him the well of Beersheba.
Truthe taughte me ones To loven hem echone; And to helpen hem of alle thyng Ay as hem nedeth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "helpen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
