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holp

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4 lettersPronunciation /hɒlp/Sorted hlopStarts with HEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. simple past of help: helped.

Word origin

From Middle English holp (first and third person singular past indicative of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English healp (same form of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *halp (same form of *helpaną (“to help”)). Cognate with German half, Middle Dutch holp (in modern Dutch replaced with hielp). More at help.

Used in a sentence

  • Thou art my warrior; I holp to frame thee.
  • Both, both, my girl. / By foul play, as thou sayest, were we heav'd thence, / But blessedly holp hither.
  • Like most folks around here, I done holp him so much already I can't quit now.

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