Participles
| Present | belūcende |
| Past | belocen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | belūce |
| 2nd sing. | belȳcst |
| 3rd sing. | belȳcþ |
| 1st plur. | belūcaþ |
| 2nd plur. | belūcaþ |
| 3rd plur. | belūcaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | belēac |
| 2nd sing. | beluce |
| 3rd sing. | belēac |
| 1st plur. | belucon |
| 2nd plur. | belucon |
| 3rd plur. | belucon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | belūce |
| 2nd sing. | belūce |
| 3rd sing. | belūce |
| 1st plur. | belūcen |
| 2nd plur. | belūcen |
| 3rd plur. | belūcen |
Past
| 1st sing. | beluce |
| 2nd sing. | beluce |
| 3rd sing. | beluce |
| 1st plur. | belucen |
| 2nd plur. | belucen |
| 3rd plur. | belucen |
Imperative
| Singular | belūc |
| Plural | belūcaþ |
Verbs similar to 'belucan'
bebugan,
becuman,
bedufan,
belædan,
belæfan,
belean,
belecgan,
belefan,
belgan,
belicgan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan. Cognate with Old Frisian bilūka, Old Saxon bilūkan, and Old High German bilūhhan. Equivalent to be- + lūcan. See: Old High German 'bilūhhan'.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Constantīnus hēt ǣrest manna þæt man ċirican timbrede and þæt man beluce ǣlċ dēofolġieldhūs. (Constantine was the first emperor to build churches and to close every pagan temple.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilus, Bishop"
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Uton belucan þas circan and loc geinseglian and ġe ealle siðþan waciað þreo niht wuniġende on gebedum and... (Let us lock up this church, and seal the lock and do ye all afterward watch three nights, continuing in prayer and...')
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday of the Lord's Advent"
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Sē apostol belēac þisne pistol mid þissum wordum. (The apostle concluded the letter with these words.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
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Þæt godspell belȳcþ þus: "Waciaþ eornostlīċe, for þon þe ġē nyton þone dæġ ne þā tīd." (The gospel concludes with this: "Keep watch, because you don't know the day or the hour.")
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Mid þǣre bēne hē belēac ealle þā ġelēaffullan þe þurh þāra apostola bodunge ġebugon tō Cristes ġelēafan, and ġīet būgaþ dæġhwāmlīce oþ þisse weorolde ġeendunge. (With that prayer, he included all the believers who converted to Christ's religion, and will convert every day until the end of this world.)
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c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
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Suī (“his”) næfþ nānne vocātīvum nāwðer ne mid Crēcum ne mid Lǣdenwarum, for þām ġesċāde þæt hit nǣre ōðrum wordum ġelīċ. Fēower fiellas hē hæfþ, and þā belūcaþ twifeald ġetæl and tō ǣlcum cynne hīe belimpaþ.
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Suī (“his”) has no vocative, either in Greek or in Latin, for the reason that it's not the same as other words. It has four cases, and they include both numbers and belong to each case.
Cognates
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