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ge-lýfed

  • verb
  • participle
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ge-lýfed, part. p. [pp. of ge-lýfan to believe]
One who believed, faithful; religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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  • His [Constantínes] módor wæs cristen, Elena geháten, swíðe gelýfed mann, and þearle eáwfæst

    his [Constantine's] mother was a christian, called Helena, a very faithful person, and very pious,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 306, 3
      • :
    • i. 60, 13
      • .

  • Com se árwurþa Swíþhun to sumum gelýfedan smiþe on swefne

    the venerable Swithun came to a certain religious [lit. faithful] artisan in a dream,

    • Glostr. Frag. 2, 5
      • .

  • Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God

    there was a king firmly believing on God,

    • Swt. Rdr. 95, 2
      • :
    • H. R. 101, 13
      • .

  • Hie wurdan hraðe gelýfde

    they immediately believed,

    • Blickl. Homl. 155, 5
      • .

  • Ealle ðing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce

    omnia possibilia credenti,

    • Mk. Bos. 9, 23
      • .
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v.  ge-léfed.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lýfed.” 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/15075.

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