Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holp

/hɒlp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: holp
IPA: /hɒlp/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of help: helped.

Archaic

verb

past participle of help.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: holp, healp, *halp

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce holp?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɒlp/.
What does holp mean?: simple past of help: helped.
Where does holp come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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