Holpen
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of help archaic, form-of, participle, past
"[…]Was crackt in twaine, but by his fooliſh feare: / Was holpen vp, who him ſupported ſtanding neare."
Example
More examples"[…]Was crackt in twaine, but by his fooliſh feare: / Was holpen vp, who him ſupported ſtanding neare."
Etymology
From Middle English holpen, yholpen (past participle of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English ġeholpen (past participle of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *hulpanaz (past participle of *helpaną (“to help”)). More at help. Cognate with Dutch geholpen (“holpen”) and German geholfen (“holpen”).
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