Dictionary entries for 'yclept'

y·clept (ĭ-klĕpt́)

or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt́, ĭ-klĕpt́)

[Middle English icleped, from Old English geclepod past participle of gecleopian, to call, ge-, verb pref., + cleopian, to call.]

clepe (klēp)

[Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, to cry out.]

transitive verb: cleped (klēpt, klĕpt), cleped or clept (klĕpt) or y·clept (ĭ-klĕpt́) or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt́, ĭ-klĕpt́), clep·ing, clepes.

Archaic