Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu, which is trewe to hym that made hym, as also Moises in al the hous of hym. — Hebrews 3:1-2 John Wycliffe version.
As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,
Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept
All by the name of dogs.
1900: A. W. Pollard, ed, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Version of the Cotton Manuscript in Modern Spelling
And there is a great hill, that men clepe Olympus, that departeth Macedonia and Thrace.
[...]
For men sell a gum, that men clepe turpentine, instead of balm, and they put thereto a little balm for to give good odour.
1922: James Joyce, Ulysses
And there came against the place as they stood a young learning knight yclept Dixon.
2001: Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil
World traveling sorcerer supreme Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.