clepe

[ kleep ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, cleped or clept [klept] (also y·cleped or y·clept [ee-, klept] ), clep·ing.

to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept ).

clepe

/ kliːp /

verb

archaic.
tr to call by the name of

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clepe¹

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of clepe¹

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

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Example Sentences

Wanne ha clepe of swiche er bie into his seruise ine here childhede.

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And the monks clepe that place Dozoleel, that is to say, the shadow of God.

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And some men clepe it Harme, after the diverse languages of the country.

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In that land groweth the pepper in the forest that men clepe Combar.

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For that is at the north parts that men clepe the Septentrional where it is all only cold.

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