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ge-leáfful

  • adjective
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ge-leáfful, -full; adj.
Full of belief, believing, faithful, holy; fĭdēlis, crēdŭlus
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  • Heó wundrade hú he swá geleáfful, on swá lytlum fæce, and swá uncýðig, ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten

    she wondered how he, so full of belief, in so short a space, and so ignorant, could ever be saturated with prudence,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1916
    • ;
    • El. 960
    • .
  • Getreówe, oððe geleáfful

    fĭdēlis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 74, 27
    • .
  • Cyrce, oððe geleáfful gaderung

    a church or faithful gathering;

    ecclēsia,

    • 80, 72
    • .
  • Wyrd gescreáf ðæt he, swá geleáfful, weorþan sceolde Criste gecwéme

    fortune ordained that he, so full of faith, should become accepted of Christ,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2093
    • ;
    • El. 1048
    • .
  • Ne geleáffulle gecwéme synd on cýðnesse his

    nec habĭti sunt in testāmento ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 41
    • .
  • On geleáffullum bócum

    in holy books,

    • Ælfc. T. 13, 22
    • .
  • Ealle ping synd ðam geleáffullum acumendlíce

    omnia sunt possĭbĭlia crēdenti,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 26
    • .
  • Ofer geleáffulle eorþbúgende

    super fĭdēles terræ,

    • Ps. Th. l00, 6
    • .
  • Ða beorhtan steorran getácniaþ ða geleáffullan on Godes gelaðunge

    the bright stars betoken the faithful in God's church,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 4, 4
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 238, 4
    • .
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  • ge-leáfful, adj.