clepe

[ kleep ]

verb (used with object),cleped or clept [klept] /klɛpt/ (also y·cleped or y·clept [ee-klept] /iˈklɛpt/ ), clep·ing.Archaic.
  1. to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).

Origin of clepe

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen “to rattle”

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clepe

/ (kliːp) /


verbclepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt, klɛpt), clept, ycleped or yclept
  1. (tr) archaic to call by the name of

Origin of clepe

1
Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle

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