Cleped vs Ycleped - What's the difference?

cleped | ycleped |

As a verb cleped

is simple past of clepe.

As an adjective ycleped is

an alternative spelling of yclept:|lang=en called, named.

cleped

English

Verb

(head)

(clepe)

clepe

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

Verb

(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 :

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.

* 1593 , Shakespeare, :

She clepes him king of graves, and grave for kings,''
''Imperious supreme of all mortal things.

* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :

And there came against the place as they stood a young learning knight yclept Dixon.

* 2001 , Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil :

World traveling sorcerer supreme Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.

(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.

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The verb is obsolete, except in dialects or when used in the past participle yclept which is sometimes used as a deliberate archaism, or as an idiomatic set phrase: aptly yclept .

Noun

(en noun)

(now, chiefly, dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call.

with clepes and cries

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ycleped

English

Adjective

(head)

called, named

* {{quote-book, year=1687, author=Aphra Behn, title=The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III, chapter=The Emperor of the Moon, edition= citation

, passage=Upon a winged Horse, ycleped Pegasus , Swift as the fiery Racers of the Sun,--I fly--I fly--See how I mount, and cut the liquid Sky. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1820, author=Dawson Turner, title=Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2), chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The event is described in the metrical history of Rouen, composed by a minstrel ycleped Poirier, the limper . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1863, author=Frances Anne Kemble, title=Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The damsel, ycleped Louisa, made rather a shame-faced obeisance, and her old grandmother went on to inform me that she had only lately been forgiven by the overseer for an attempt to run away from the plantation. }}