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CLÚS

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • participle
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Grammar
CLÚS, e; f: clúse, an; f.
An inclosure, a narrow passage, close, bond, prison; claustrum, carcer
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  • Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme

    though he surround it with fifty bonds,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 143
      • ;
    • Sal. 71
      • .

  • Alǽd of carcernes clúse míne sáwle

    educ de carcers animam meam,

    • Ps. Th. 141, 8
      • .

  • He fram ðære clúsan afaren wæs wið ðara scipa

    he was gone from the pass towards the ships,

    • Ors. 6, 36
      • ;
    • Bos. 131, 26, 22
      • .

  • Ðá hæfdon hý heora clúsan belocene

    when they had closed their passes,

    • 3, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 60, 4
      • .

  • Annas and Caiphas wǽron forþgangende to ðære clúsan

    Annas and Caiaphas were going forth to the prison,

    • Nicod. 14
      • ;
    • Thw. 7, 10: 16
      • ;
    • Thw. 8, 6, 9
      • .
Etymology
[
Plot. kluse:
Dut. kluis , f:
Kil. kluyse:
Ger. klause , f:
M. H. Ger. klóse, klús, klúse , f:
O. H. Ger. klúsa, f:
M. Lat. clusa, clausa:
Lat. clausus, pp. of claudere to shut, inclose.
]
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v.  clúse.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CLÚS.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6383.

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  • CLÚS, n.; part.

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