belucan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan. Cognate with Old Frisian bilūka, Old Saxon bilūkan, and Old High German bilūhhan. Equivalent to be- +‎ lūcan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈluː.kɑn/ === Verb === belūcan to shut in; enclose, confine to close late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans to lock up late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilus, Bishop" to conclude (come or bring to an end) c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday of the Lord's Advent" c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Holy Virgins" to include c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany" c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== openian ontynan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bilouken, belouken English: belock