Named vs Ycleped - What's the difference?
named | ycleped |
called, named
* {{quote-book, year=1687, author=Aphra Behn, title=The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III, chapter=The Emperor of the Moon, edition=
, 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=
, 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=
, 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. }}
As adjectives the difference between named and ycleped
is that named is having a name while ycleped is called, named.As a verb named
is (name).ycleped
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