- [for] to s****, in
order to
visit the holy
blessed martyr, That hem hath
holpen, whan that they were s****e. That has
helped them, when [that] they were...
- things: and the rich he hath sent
empty away. He
remembering his
mercy hath
holpen his
servant Israel: As he
promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his seed...
-
haulen skräggen skäilen
beskriieben wasken Past
bruoken tuogen daun gaun
holpen kürt wolt
kwuom haulen skrägget
skuolen beskriben wasken Indicative Present...
- father-in-law's most
detestable offences hath
oppressed us, is
thereby right much
holpen and relieved, like as I have of long time been
right desirous presently...
-
Caunterbury they wende, The
hooly blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath
holpen whan that they were s****e. The
beginning of
Paradise Lost, an epic poem...
-
blissful martyr [for] to s**** The holy
blissful martyr,
quick That hem hath
holpen, whan that they were s****e. That has
helped them when [that] they were sick...
-
previously offered to help her, if she was ever in need. She had
hoped to "be
holpen to
obtain of the king's
grace to be
farmer of one of
these abbeys if they...
- ever I you pray:
Chorus Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell, sing we clear!
Holpen are all folk on earth, Born is God's son so dear: Nowell! Nowell! Nowell...
-
pronunciation of
heard in RP has the long
vowel /ɜː/) help – helped/holp – helped/
holpen Regular Originally strong,
class 3 hew –
hewed – hewed/hewn Strong, class...
- the
preterite (simple past
tense in English) holp and the past
participle holpen.
These old-fashioned
forms have been
discarded and
replaced by
helped by...