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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holpen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
holpen
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of help

Archaic

Example Sentences

  • "[…]Was crackt in twaine, but by his fooliſh feare: / Was holpen vp, who him ſupported ſtanding neare."
  • "Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, haſt holpen me, and comfoꝛted me."

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: holpen, ġeholpen, *hulpanaz

Usage

Derived Forms

unholpen

Questions

What does holpen mean?
past participle of help
Where does holpen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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