clepe

Verb

1. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
2. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call; call upon; cry out to.
3. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
4. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call; call by the name of; name.
5. (dialectal, intransitive, often) To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
6. (dialectal, intransitive) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
7. (dialectal, transitive) To report; relate; tell.

Noun

A cry; an appeal; a call.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kliːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clepen

Inherited from Old English: cleopian

Cognate with Old Frisian: klippa

Cognate with Dutch: -

Cognate with Middle Low German: kleppen

Cognate with Middle Low German: kleperen

In summary

From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”).

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