Clepe vs Cleped - What's the difference?
clepe | cleped |
(intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call to one's self; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
* 1385 , Geoffery Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde :
* 1593 , Shakespeare, :
* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
* 2001 , Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil :
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
(clepe)
(intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call to one's self; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
* 1385 , Geoffery Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde :
* 1593 , Shakespeare, :
* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
* 2001 , Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil :
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
As verbs the difference between clepe and cleped
is that clepe is (intransitive|archaic|or|dialectal) to give a call; cry out; appeal while cleped is (clepe).As a noun clepe
is (now|chiefly|dialectal) a cry; an appeal; a call.clepe
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- For that that som men blamen ever yit,''
''Lo, other maner folk commenden it.''
''And as for me, for al swich variaunce,''
''Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce.
- She clepes him king of graves, and grave for kings,''
''Imperious supreme of all mortal things.
- And there came against the place as they stood a young learning knight yclept Dixon.
- World traveling sorcerer supreme Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.
Usage notes
The verb is obsolete, except in dialects or when used in the past participle yclept which is sometimes used as a deliberate archaism, or as an idiomatic set phrase: aptly yclept .cleped
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Verb
(head)clepe
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- For that that som men blamen ever yit,''
''Lo, other maner folk commenden it.''
''And as for me, for al swich variaunce,''
''Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce.
- She clepes him king of graves, and grave for kings,''
''Imperious supreme of all mortal things.
- And there came against the place as they stood a young learning knight yclept Dixon.
- World traveling sorcerer supreme Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.