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to close, shut what is open
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  • Hé his duru beclýst,

      Lk. 13, 25.

  • Þá blóstman hý sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað,

      Lch. i. 154, 1.

  • Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð,

      Hml. S. 22. 86.

  • Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon,

      Hml. S. 23, 346.

  • Beclýsan

    recludere (paradisi valvam ),

      An. Ox. 1149.

  • Þæt beclýsede geat,

      Hml. Th. i. 194, 5.

  • Beclýsedre

    dura,

      ii. 166, 22: i. 230, 12.

  • Þæt cweartern wé fundon fæste beclýsed,

      572, 33.

  • Mid beclýsedum eágum,

      408, 22.
to close, put an end to:--
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  • Þænne beclýsþ dæg dimnyss nyhta

    cum clauserit diem caligo noctium,

      Hy. S. 3, 1.
to shut up in a place
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  • Beclýsde

    includit,

      An. Ox. 3148.

  • Hé wæs on his inran búre, and hine sylfne ðǽrinne beclýsde,

      Hml. S. 23, 396.

  • Hig hig sylfe on Hierusalem beclýsan woldon,

      St. A. 34, 11.

  • On cwearterne beclýsan,

      Hml. Th. i. 86, 30: Nic. 6, 36.

  • Þone deáð þe wyt gefyrn beclýsed hæfdon,

      14, 3.

  • Beón hí ðǽr beclýsede . . . on ðám scræfe beclýsde,

      Hml. S. 23, 326-9.

  • ¶ mid inseglum beclýsan

    to seal up,

      Guth. 8, 15: Wlfst. 259, 20.
to shut out
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  • Þá com Martinus tó þám cásere, ac man hine beclýsde wiðútan,

      Hml. S. 31, 660.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-clýsan.” 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/39649.

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