The old preterite and past part. of Help. "This antiquated inflection of the verb to help is still used in Virginia, where it is corrupted into holped."--Pickering. Johnson and Webster notice the word; and Bishop Lowth observes in his Grammar, that it was used in conversation in his day.
His great love, sharp as his spur, hath holphim
To 's home before us.--Shakspeare.