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CLÚS

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1 CLÚS

f: clúse, an; f. An inclosure, a narrow passage, close, bond, prison; claustrum, carcer :-- 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. [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.] clus
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Lat.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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