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be-lúcan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To lock up, inclose, surround, shut, shut up; concludere, recludere, includere, circumcludere, amplecti, obserare, claudere
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  • Drihten hí beleác

    Dominus conclusit eos

    • Deut. 32, 30.
  • Gif he ðone oxan belúcan nolde

    si non recluserit bovem

    • Ex. 21, 29.
  • Ðá hét he hine gebringan on carcerne and ðǽr inne belúcan

    he gave an order to take him to prison and therein lock him up

    • Bt. 1
    • ;
    • Fox 2, 26 : Ors. 4, 5
    • ;
    • Bos. 81, 40 : Gen. 41, 49 : Ps. Spl. C. T. 16, 11.
  • Belocen leoðu-bendum

    locked up in limb-bonds

    • Andr. Kmbl. 327
    • ;
    • An. 164.
  • Wealle belocen

    inclosed with a wall

    • Cd. 209
    • ;
    • Th. 259, 24
    • ;
    • Dan. 696
    • .
  • Ðæt man belúce ǽlc deofulgyld-hús

    that one should close every idol-temple

    • Ors. 6, 30
    • ;
    • Bos. 127, 36.
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v.  bi-lúcan.
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