| 释义 |
† beˈclose, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 beclýs-an, 2–3 biclus-en, 4, 7 beclose.
[Orig. OE. beclýsan, f. be- 1 + clýsan: see cluse; subseq. changed to close after Fr.]
trans. To shut up or in; to enclose, imprison. Hence beˈclosing vbl. n.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke iii. 20 He be-clysde iohannem on cwearterne. 1205Lay. 15023 Sculden þer swiðe faste biclusen heom in ane castle. a1230Ancr. R. 108 Þu uorsoke þene world i þine biclusinge. c1325Cœur de L. 5185 Richard seygh..That the Sarezynes hoost beclosyd is. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 166 Beclosed in the mi[l]dhead of God. |