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Middle English
ycleped
from Old English
geclypod
from
ge-,
y- + past participle of
clipian,
to call, clepe (popularized by Edmund Spenser and John Milton)
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Gleep.
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Little known fact: “g” was sometimes replaced by “y” or “i” as English evolved.
So, “garden” >>>>> “yard”
“geolu” >>>>>> “yellow” (and also “gold”)