(transitive) archaic. to call by the name of. Word origin.
How do you use Yclept in a sentence?
How to use yclept in a sentence
- A certain impetuous, wilful, wrong-headed boy, yclept Geoffrey Moncton. ...
- This rustic place was originally the village ale house, yclept "The Horse Shoe." ...
- "We'll bate the English into the say," said a resident in the sweet region yclept Summer Hill.
What does Clepe mean in English?
clepe • \KLEP\ • verb. : to name or to call.
