ycleped
- a variation of yclept.
Example Sentences
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King Henrie in the meane while subdued certeine rebels in Gascoine, and returning into Normandie, built a goodlie towne and fortresse neere to Haie de Malafrey, ycleped Beauver.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Holinshed, Raphael
Pleasant is even the yolk of the Cormorant—in the north of England ycleped the Scarth, and in the Lowlands of Scotland the Black Byuter.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
‘Wete ye not wher stondeth a litel toun, Which that ycleped is Bob up-and-doun, Under the blee in Canterbury way?’
From A Canterbury Pilgrimage by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
Now for the ground which; which I mean I walked upon: it is ycleped thy park.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
In other words, this is the day on which those charming little missives, ycleped Valentines, cross and intercross each other at every street and turning.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
