clepen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === clepe cleopien, clepien, clepiȝen, clypian (Early Middle English); clepian (Laȝamon's Brut); clepenn (Ormulum) clepyn (East Anglia); clepie (Kent); clupen, clupie, clupy (south West Midlands) === Etymology === From Old English cleopian, clipian, from Proto-West Germanic *klipōn, from Proto-Germanic *klipōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɛ̞ːpən/, /ˈklɛpən/ (from cleopian) IPA(key): /ˈkleːpən/, /ˈklipən/ (from clipian) === Verb === clepen (third-person singular simple present clepeth, present participle clepende, first-/third-person singular past indicative clepte, past participle yclept) to call out, cry (about something) to call out, appeal (to someone or something) to say or respond to (someone) to say; to tell; to discuss (something) to name, call, designate to call to; to summon to convoke; to cause to assemble ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: clepe Yola: clepe === References === “clēpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.