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 Beclosing vbl. sb.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke iii. 20. He be-clysde iohannem on cwearterne.
c. 1205. Lay., 15023. Sculden þer swiðe faste biclusen heom in ane castle.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 108. Þu uorsoke þene world i þine biclusinge.
c. 1325. Cour de L., 5185. Richard seygh … That the Sarezynes hoost beclosyd is.
1677. Gilpin, Dæmonol. (1867), 166. Beclosed in the mi[l]dhead of God.
