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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan, equivalent to be- + līefan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
belīefan (West Saxon)
- to believe
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of belīefan (weak class 1)
infinitive | belīefan | belīefenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | belīefe | belīefde |
second person singular | belīefest, belīefst | belīefdest |
third person singular | belīefeþ, belīefþ | belīefde |
plural | belīefaþ | belīefdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | belīefe | belīefde |
plural | belīefen | belīefden |
imperative | ||
singular | belīef | |
plural | belīefaþ | |
participle | present | past |
belīefende | belīefed |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “belífan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.