clipian

Old English

Alternative forms

• cleopian, clypian, clypiġan, clepian, cliopian, clippan

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkli.pi.ɑn/

Verb

clipian

1. to make a vocal sound; to call, call out, cry; to address, invoke, appeal
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     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,...

Conjugation

Conjugation of clipian (weak class 2)

infinitive	clipian	clipienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	clipiġe	clipode
second person singular	clipast	clipodest
third person singular	clipaþ	clipode
plural	clipiaþ	clipodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	clipiġe	clipode
plural	clipiġen	clipoden
imperative
singular	clipa
plural	clipiaþ
participle	present	past
	clipiende	(ġe)clipod

Derived terms

• ācleopian
• beclipian
• clipol
• clipung
• forþclipian
• ġeclipian
• ofclipian
• oferclipian
• onclipian

Related terms

• clæppian
• clipur
• ġecleps

Descendants

• Middle English: clepen
  • English: clepe, yclept
  • Yola: clepe