different between holp vs halp

English

Etymology

From Middle English holp (first and third person singular past indicative of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English healp (first and third person singular past indicative of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *halp (first and third person singular past indicative of *helpan? (“to help”)). More at help. Cognate with Dutch hielp (“holp”) and German half (“holp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?lp/, /h??lp/

Verb

holp

1. (archaic) simple past tense of help
   • c. 1605-08, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V scene ii^[1]:

     Thou art my warrior; I holp to frame thee.

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii^[2]:

     Both, both, my girl. / By foul play, as thou sayest, were we heav'd thence, / But blessedly holp hither.

Anagrams

• hopl-, loph

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hælp/, /h??lp/

Verb

halp (third-person singular simple present halps, present participle halping, simple past and past participle halped)

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of help
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of holp (“helped”)

   • Thus halp him God.

Usage notes

• The modern form is generally used only as an imperative ("Halp!"). The other forms are more rare. On the internet often associated with lolcats.
• In Internet slang, the verb may describe action that was intended to be helpful, but in reality is counterproductive or not useful: "Stop halping!"

Anagrams

• Pahl, phal

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German halp, from Old High German halp, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with German halb, English half.

Adjective

halp (not comparable)

1. (Sette Comuni) half

Declension

References

• “halp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Irish

Noun

halp m

1. h-prothesized form of alp

Verb

halp m

1. h-prothesized form of alp

Old Norse

Verb

halp

1. third-person singular past indicative active of hjalpa

Swedish

Verb

halp

1. (archaic) past tense of hjälpa.