YCLEPT
Etymology
Verb
yclept
past participle of clepe
Adjective
yclept (not comparable)
(archaic, poetic) Called, named.
Synonym: hight
Usage notes
• While clepe is obsolete, yclept is still occasionally used for humorous or archaic effect; as in the set phrase aptly yclept.
• A holdover from Middle English, yclept is one of the few English words where 'y' figures as a vowel at the beginning of a word. Others include yttrium and Yngling.
Source: Wiktionary
CLEPE
Clepe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleped or; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf.
Ycleped.] Etym: [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry,
call.]
Definition: To call, or name. [Obs.]
That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.
Clepe, v. i.
Definition: To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.]
Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of
this treachery. Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition