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ge-lýfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-lýfan, -lífan, -léfan; to -lýfanne, -lýfenne; part. -lýfende; ic -lýfe, ðú -lýfest, -lýfst, he -lýfeþ, -lýfþ, pl. -lýfaþ; p- ic, he -lýfde, ðú -lýfdest, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pl. -lýfe, -lýfaþ; subj. pres. -lýfe, pl. -lýfon; pp. -lýfed
To believe, confide, trust, hope; crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre
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  • We sceolon on hine gelýfan

    we should believe in him,

      Homl. Th. i. 274, 27 : 280, 22 : 290, 31.

  • To gelýfanne [-lýfenne, col. 1] to ðan leófan Gode

    to trust in the beloved God,

      Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 10, col. 2.

  • Of ðyssum lytlingum on me gelýfendum

    ex his pusillis crēdentĭbus in me,

      Mk. Bos. 9, 42.

  • Se Hǽlend wiste hwæt ða gelýfendan wǽron

    sciebat Jesus qui essent credentes,

      Jn. Bos. 6, 64.

  • Ne gelýfe ic nó, ðæt . . .

    I do not believe that . . .

    ,
      Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 4 : Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 33; Seef. 66.

  • Gif ðú sóþne God lufast and gelýfest

    if thou lovest and believest the true

      God, 66 b; Th. 245, 21; Jul. 48 : Cd. 203; Th. 252,14; Dan. 578.

  • Gelýfst ðú ðyses

    crēdis hoc?

      Jn. Bos. 11, 26.

  • He his Hláfordes hyldo gelýfeþ

    he believes his Lord's kindness,

      Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 9; Hö. 67 : 81 b; Th. 307, 21; Seef. 27.

  • He gelýfþ on God

    confīdit in Deo,

      Mt. Bos. 27, 43 : Jn. Bos. 11, 25.

  • Ðe on me gelýfaþ

    qui in me crēdunt,

      Mt. Bos. 18, 6.

  • Ic ðín bebod gelýfðe

    mandātes tuis crēdĭdi,

      Ps. Th. 118, 66 : Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 14.

  • Ðú mínum wordum ne gelýfdest

    non crēdĭdisti verbis meis,

      Lk. Bos. 1, 20 : Jn. Bos. 1, 50.

  • Hí nó gelýfdon ðæt he God wǽre

    they believed not that he was God,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1123; An. 562 : Elen. Kmbl. 1034; El. 518.

  • Aarones hús on Dryhten leófne gelýfdan

    dŏmus Aaron spērāvit in Dŏmĭno,

      Ps. Th. 113, 19.

  • Gelýf me

    crēde mihi,

      Jn. Bos. 4, 21.

  • Gelýfe gyt, ðæt ic inc mæg gehǽlan

    crēdĭtis quia hoc possum făcĕre vōbis?

      Mt. Bos. 9, 28.

  • Gelýfaþ for ðám weorcum

    propter ŏpĕra ipso crēdĭte,

      Jn. Bos. 14, 11.

  • Ne bepǽce nán man hine sylfne, swá ðæt he secge oððe gelýfe ðæt þrý Godas syndon

    let no man deceive himself, so as to say or believe that there are three Gods,

      Homl. Th. i. 284, 16.

  • Ðæt gé gelýfon, ðæt se Hǽlend ys Crist

    ut crēdātis, quia Jesus est Christus,

      Jn. Bos. 20, 31 : Ex. 4, 5.

  • Ne gelýfe ic me nú ðæs leóhtes furðor

    I have no longer now any hope for myself of that light,

      Cd. 21; Th. 26, 3; Gen. 401.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-laubjan : O. Sax. gi-lóƀian : O. H. Ger. gi-louban : Ger. glauben.]
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v.  ge-lǽfan ge-léfan ge-léfan ge-leófst ge-lífan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lýfan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15072.

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