Old English · verb

clipian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈkli.pi.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈkli · pi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: clepe yclept invoke appeal vocal

Meaning

to make a vocal sound; to call, call out, cry; to address, invoke, appeal

Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...

Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Conjugation

Conjugation of clipian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	clipiġe	clipode
2nd singular	clipast	clipodest
3rd singular	clipaþ	clipode
Plural	clipiaþ	clipodon
Subjunctive
Singular	clipiġe	clipode
Plural	clipiġen	clipoden

Non-finite forms of clipian
	Form
Infinitive	clipian
Inflected infinitive	clipienne
Imperative singular	clipa
Imperative plural	clipiaþ
Present participle	clipiende
Past participle	clipod ġeclipod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klipēn, *klapēn, from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy, chatter”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *klapōną, *klappōną (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to sound”).

Descendants

clepe, yclept

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