v. Obs. Also 6 ycleepe. [OE. ʓeclipian, ʓecleopian to call (in various senses): see Y- 3 c and CLEPE v. Spenser’s ycleepe is a new back-formation on YCLEPT. In quot. 1901 ‘ycleping’ is an error for ‘clipping’ (CLIP v.1).] trans. To call by name, name.
c. 950, c. 1100. [see YCLEPT].
1595. Spenser, Col. Clout, 65. Himselfe he did ycleepe, The shepheard of the Ocean by name.
1901. Westm. Gaz., 23 Oct., 8/2. The old Saxon custom of ‘ycleping,’ or naming, the Church has just been revived at Painswick, in the Cotswolds.
