helm

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olla peräsimessä puhekieltä The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
puhekieltä The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat.
puhekieltä A position of leadership or control.

the helm of the Commonwealth

the helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers

A wild wave (..) overbears the bark, / And him that helms it.

“I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear,” sings John Grant at the piano, in a luxuriant baritone croon as thick and healthy as his beard. It’s hard to reconcile the guy who once struggled to so much as put on clean pants back in the bad old days – well-storied, not least through his own songs – with the one warmly and gracefully helming this complex, prestigious production – the penultimate date on a tour of packed concert halls, backed by an orchestra.

the business he hath helmed

Luken sweord longe, leiden o þe helmen. — Layamon's Brut, 1275

(They drew their swords and put on their helmen.)

Þe helm of hel and þe swerd of þe Spirit. — An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wycliffe, 1475

The kynge Ban be-gan to laugh vndir his helme. — Merlin, 1500

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