Infinitive
clepen; to clepen; clepe
Participles
| Present | clepende; clepynge |
| Past | yclept; clept; cleped; ycleped |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | clepe |
| 2nd sing. | clepest |
| 3rd sing. | clepeth |
| 1st plur. | clepen; clepe; clepeth |
| 2nd plur. | clepen; clepe; clepeth |
| 3rd plur. | clepen; clepe; clepeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | clepte; cleped; clepede |
| 2nd sing. | cleptest; clepedest |
| 3rd sing. | clepte; cleped; clepede |
| 1st plur. | clepten; clepte; clepeden; cleped; clepede |
| 2nd plur. | clepten; clepte; clepeden; cleped; clepede |
| 3rd plur. | clepten; clepte; clepeden; cleped; clepede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | clepe |
| 2nd sing. | clepe |
| 3rd sing. | clepe |
Past
| 1st sing. | clepte; cleped; clepede |
| 2nd sing. | clepte; cleped; clepede |
| 3rd sing. | clepte; cleped; clepede |
Imperative
| Singular | clepe |
| Plural | clepeth; clepe |
Verbs conjugated like clepen
clepen,
Etymology
From Old English cleopian, clipian, from Proto-West Germanic *klipōn, from Proto-Germanic *klipōną.
Verbs referencing "clepen"
English
clepe, English
clep.
Sample Sentences
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For that that ſome men blamen euer yet / Lo, other maner folke comenden it / And as for me, for al ſuche variaunce / Felicite clepe I my ſuffyſaunce (For that that some blame, yet / other kinds of people commend it. / But as for me, with all that variance / I call on felicity for my competence) [c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye … [Troilus and Criseyde] (in Middle English), [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book V, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio ccvi, verso, column 1:]
Cognates
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