cleped

/klɛpt/
verb
  1. Past tense of 'clepe': called or named (archaic).
    • The knight was cleped Sir Gawain in the old tale.
    • In the poem, the hero cleped his sword Excalibur.
    • The village was cleped Greenhollow by its founders.
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