clepe
[ kleep ]
/ klip /
verb (used with object), cleped or clept (also y·cleped or y·clept ), clep·ing. Archaic.
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
Origin of clepe
before 900; Middle English
clepen, Old English
cleopian, variant of
clipian; akin to Middle Low German
kleperen to rattle
Words nearby clepe
cleomenes iii,
cleon,
cleopatra,
cleopatra's needle,
clep,
clepe,
clepsydra,
clept,
cleptobiosis,
cleptocracy,
cleptomania
Definition for ycleped (2 of 2)
Origin of yclept
before 1000; Middle English
ycleped, Old English
geclypod, past participle of
clypian, cleopian to
clepe
Example sentences from the Web for ycleped
The thing of legs and arms, ycleped Frank, watched my outgoings from the hotel.
A huge vehicle, ycleped the ark of Noah, closed the procession.
The Headsman |James Fenimore CooperAccount for the second -r in forlorn; and for the y in ycleped.
A Handbook of the English Language |Robert Gordon LathamBut an oblong bit of iron, ycleped a bolt, was passed across the door on the inside, and prevented her benign intentions.
The Abbot |Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for ycleped (1 of 2)
Word Origin for yclept
Old English
gecleopod, past participle of
cleopian to call
British Dictionary definitions for ycleped (2 of 2)
clepe
/ (kliːp) /
verb clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt, klɛpt), clept, ycleped or yclept
(tr) archaic
to call by the name of
Word Origin for clepe
Old English
cleopian; related to Middle Low German
kleperen to rattle