different between relock vs belock

English

re- +? lock

relock (third-person singular simple present relocks, present participle relocking, simple past and past participle relocked)

From Middle English belouken, bilouken, from Old English bel?can (“to lock up, bring to an end”), equivalent to be- +? lock.

belock (third-person singular simple present belocks, present participle belocking, simple past and past participle belocked)

(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
- 1603-04, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
  This is the hand, which, with a vow'd contract, was fast belocked in thine.

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