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lúcan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §472; §496;
To close, conclude, fasten, lock:
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  • Ðæt hé leác on hálre tungon

    qui statim conclusit et omnino confirmavit totum quod pater suus in vita sua fecerat,

    • Chart. Th. 272, 5
    • .
  • On ðæt gerád ðe ðæt stande ðe wit beforan ðam ealdormen lucan

    on the condition that that arrangement stand which we concluded before the alderman,

    • 597, 32
    • .
  • Hrím and forst lucon leóda gesetu

    rime and frost shut up men's dwellings,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2519
    • ;
    • An. 1261
    • .
  • Ðǽr com flówende flód æfter ebban lucon lagustreámas

    there came flowing flood after ebb, the streams intertwined or closed up [the surface of the water shewing a network of lines from the varying currents, as the tide flowed up the river],

    • Byrht. Th. 133, 46; By. 66.
  • Siððan ða ýslan eft onginnaþ lúcan tógædere geclungne tó cleowenne

    afterwards the ashes begin to close up again, pressed to a ball;

    in massam cineres coactos,

    • Exon. 59 a
    • ;
    • Th. 213, 16
    • ;
    • Ph. 225
    • .
  • Lúcan eorþan cíðas

    (frost shall) lock up the germs of earth,

    • 90 a
    • ;
    • Th. 338, 6
    • :
    • Gn. Ex. 74
    • .
  • Lúcan [onlúcan?],

    • Cd. 220
    • ;
    • Th. 283, 5
    • ;
    • Sat. 300
    • .
  • Sincgim locen

    the jewel fastened in its setting,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 528
    • ;
    • El. 264
    • .
  • Locen

    is applied to coats of mail, which were formed of [interlacing] rings fastened on to some material to which they might be sewn, see hring with its compounds, and cf. brogden byrne; also Icel. hring-ofin
  • Locene leoþosyrcan,

    • Beo. Th. 3014
    • ;
    • B. 1505
    • :
    • 3784
    • :
    • 1890
    • .
  • Locen beág

    a closed ring [not a spiral wunden beág],

    • 5982
    • ;
    • B. 2995
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 605
    • ;
    • An. 303
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. ant-, bi-lúkan
:
O. Frs. Icel. lúka
:
O. H. Ger. lúhhan.
]
Derived forms
á-, be-, ge-, on-, tó-, un-lúcan
Linked entries
v.  lýcþ.
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