clipian

Old English

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”).

clipian

to call out, cry, 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 of clipian (weak class 2)