beliefan

Old English

Alternative forms

belēfan, belȳfan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bilaubijaną, equivalent to be- +‎ līefan.

Verb

belīefan

(West Saxon) To believe.

Conjugation

Conjugation of belīefan (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	belīefan	tō belīefenne
1st-person singular	belīefe	belīefde
2nd-person singular	belīefest	belīefdest
3rd-person singular	belīefeþ	belīefde
plural	belīefaþ	belīefdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	belīefe	belīefde
plural	belīefen	belīefden
imperative
singular	belīef
plural	belīefaþ
participle	present	past
	belīefende	belīefed

Related terms

ġelīefan

Descendants

Middle English: bileven, beleven
- English: believe
- Scots: beleve

References

belífan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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