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clýsing

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.
A CLOSING, inclosure, conclusion of a sentence, period; claustrum, periodus περίοδος
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  • Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt ða wiðercoran ǽfre útabrecon

    the fastening of the hellish inclosure never allows the wicked to break out

    • Homl. Th. i. 332, 20.
  • Hí on hellícere clýsunge andbídodon

    they waited in the hellish inclosure

    • Homl. Th. ii. 80, 6.
  • Clýsunga

    claustra

    • R. Ben. Interl. 67.
  • Periodos is clýsing oððe ge-endung ðæs ferses

    a period is the conclusion or ending of a sentence [lit. verse ],

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50, 14;
    • Som. 51, 18.
Derived forms
be-clýsing.
Linked entries
v.  clýsung.
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Word-wheel

  • clýsing, n.