† yclepe, v. Obs.
(ɪˈkliːp)
Also 6 ycleepe.
[OE. ᵹeclipian, ᵹecleopian to call (in various senses): see y- 3 c and clepe v. Spenser's ycleepe is a new back-formation on yclept. In quot. 1901 ‘ycleping’ is an error for ‘clipping’ (clip v.1).]
trans. To call by name, name.
| c 950, c 1100 [see yclept]. 1595 Spenser Col. Clout 65 Himselfe he did ycleepe, The shepheard of the Ocean by name. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 8/2 The old Saxon custom of ‘ycleping’, or naming, the Church has just been revived at Painswick, in the Cotswolds. |