clepe /klp/ vt. (〜d /klpt, klpt/, clpet /klpt/; 〜d, y・clept /klpt/, y・cleped /klpt/) 《古》 呼ぶ (call), 名づける (name).　★通例 yclept, ycleped の形で p.p. 形で用いられる. ・They clepe us drunkards. やつらは我々を酔っぱらいと呼ぶ (Shak., Hamlet 1. 4. 19). ME clepen ＜ OE cleopian, clipian ＜ Gmc klipjan, klipjan