clepe

clepe

 (klēp)
tr.v. cleped (klēpt, klĕpt), cleped or clept (klĕpt) or y·clept (ĭ-klĕpt′) or y·cleped (ĭ-klēpt′, ĭ-klĕpt′), clep·ing, clepes Archaic
To call; name.

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

(kliːp)
vb, clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt; klɛpt) , clept, ycleped or yclept
(tr) archaic to call by the name of
[Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe

(klip)

v.t. cleped clept (also y•cleped y•clept), clep•ing. Archaic.
to call; name.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle]
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clepe


Past participle: cleped
Gerund: cleping

Imperative
clepe
clepe
Present
I clepe
you clepe
he/she/it clepes
we clepe
you clepe
they clepe
Preterite
I cleped
you cleped
he/she/it cleped
we cleped
you cleped
they cleped
Present Continuous
I am cleping
you are cleping
he/she/it is cleping
we are cleping
you are cleping
they are cleping
Present Perfect
I have cleped
you have cleped
he/she/it has cleped
we have cleped
you have cleped
they have cleped
Past Continuous
I was cleping
you were cleping
he/she/it was cleping
we were cleping
you were cleping
they were cleping
Past Perfect
I had cleped
you had cleped
he/she/it had cleped
we had cleped
you had cleped
they had cleped
Future
I will clepe
you will clepe
he/she/it will clepe
we will clepe
you will clepe
they will clepe
Future Perfect
I will have cleped
you will have cleped
he/she/it will have cleped
we will have cleped
you will have cleped
they will have cleped
Future Continuous
I will be cleping
you will be cleping
he/she/it will be cleping
we will be cleping
you will be cleping
they will be cleping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cleping
you have been cleping
he/she/it has been cleping
we have been cleping
you have been cleping
they have been cleping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cleping
you will have been cleping
he/she/it will have been cleping
we will have been cleping
you will have been cleping
they will have been cleping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cleping
you had been cleping
he/she/it had been cleping
we had been cleping
you had been cleping
they had been cleping
Conditional
I would clepe
you would clepe
he/she/it would clepe
we would clepe
you would clepe
they would clepe
Past Conditional
I would have cleped
you would have cleped
he/she/it would have cleped
we would have cleped
you would have cleped
they would have cleped
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Another pronoun shift occurs when the AddDHHeJJeLPW sources have "Clepe me yn [??]e day of tribulacion: for y schal delyuere [??]e and y schal worschipe [??]e" when the last phrase should read "and [??]ou schalt worship me" (203/14) in the translation of Palm 49:15 ("Et inuoca me in die tribulationis, eruam te et honorificabis me").
The church used this very biblical passage, 'Go shew yourselves to the priests' (Lk 17: 14), to rebuke Lollards during heresy trials, (38) likely because the heretical sect vehemently denied any man's power to forgive and absolve sins: 'For no man but God assoyles of synnes, but if we clepe assoylynge schewyng of presetis pat God hymselfe assoyled'.
Under interrogation, Torpe still voiced support for what he called "true pilgrimage": "I clepe hem trewe pilgrymes travelynge toward the blis of hevene whiche, in the staat, degree or ordre that God clepith hem to, bisien hem feithfulli for to occupie alle her wittis, bodili and goostli, to knowe treweli and to kepe feithfulli the heestis of God." Of such pilgrims in truth, Torpe has it, "whatever good thought that thei ony tyme thenken, what vertues worde that thei speken, and what fructuouse werk that thei worchen, every such thought, word, and werke is a stap noumbrid of God toward him into hevene" (62-63).
This heavy headed revel east and west Makes us traduc'd and tax'd of other nations; That clepe us drunkards and with swinish phrase Soil our addition; and indeed it takes From our achievements, though performed at height The pith and marrow of our attribute As a counter point Psalm 104: 14-15 praising wine 'that maketh glad the heart of man' heads the chapter.
& G.) Gray, Lotebush, gumdrop tree, clepe (RR).
They clepe us drunkards and with a swinish phrase Soil our addition.
Me were looth be likned, doutelees, To Muses that men clepe Pierides - Methamorphosios woot what I mene; But nathelees, I recche noght a bene Though I come after hym with hawebake.
which that men clepe spousaille or wedlock" (ClT, 11.
This see clepe I the tempestuous matere Of disespeir that Troilus was inne: But now of hope the kalendes begynne.
Whereas Miles's "gretyd aunsetre" (2124) is not named or traced specifically, Katherine has "decens be ryght lynage / Of wurthy and excellent stok lyneally / That Poolys men clepe" (2151-2153).
5) Yn this chapitre we clepe paym dede in whoom we stonde in doute of paire life and pe whiche been so nigh deeth bat phisike and leches forsaken thaym for pay been destitute of th'actes of lyfe (RR).