holpen
Americanverb
verb
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“Welcome, Sir Lancelot Dulac,” they cried, “the flower of all knighthood! By thee we shall be holpen out of danger.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
That he had holpen my cousins thus to act could I not believe without it were proven.”
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey
No one now uses he spake, and he drave, instead of he spoke, and he drove; holpen is replaced by helped; holden by held; shapen by shaped.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, forever.
From The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays by Walter Ben Hare
When they came nigh the light, Sir Kay knew well that it was Sir Launcelot, and therewith he kneeled down and thanked him for all his kindness that he had holpen him from death.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
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