See cluse on Wiktionary
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"form": "clūsum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "clūse",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "clūse f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"head": "clūse"
},
"expansion": "clūse f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "clūs"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "clūse",
"2": "clūsan",
"3": "clūsan",
"4": "clūsan",
"5": "clūsan",
"6": "clūsena",
"7": "clūsan",
"8": "clūsum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "weak"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "beclȳsan"
},
{
"word": "clȳsan"
},
{
"word": "forclȳsan"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bar, bolt"
],
"links": [
[
"bar",
"bar"
],
[
"bolt",
"bolt"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"enclosure"
],
"links": [
[
"enclosure",
"enclosure"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a narrow pass or passageway"
],
"links": [
[
"narrow",
"narrow"
],
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"passageway",
"passageway"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"cell; prison"
],
"links": [
[
"cell",
"cell"
],
[
"prison",
"prison"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dam"
],
"links": [
[
"dam",
"dam"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkluː.se/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkluː.ze]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "clūs"
}
],
"word": "cluse"
}
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