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Holp

//hɒlp// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of help: helped. archaic, form-of, past

    "Thou art my warrior; I holp to frame thee."

  2. 2
    past participle of help. Southern-US, form-of, obsolete, participle, past

    "Like most folks around here, I done holp him so much already I can't quit now."

Etymology

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.

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