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Old English · noun

geleafa

Normalised ġelēafa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/jeˈlæ͜ɑː.fɑ/
[jeˈlæ͜ɑː.vɑ]
Syllables
je · ˈlæ͜ɑː · fɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
beliefreligion

Meaning

  1. belief

    Man mæġ mistruwian his āgnu ġewitt, ac nā his āgenne ġelēafan.

    One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.

  2. faith

    Lā ġē lȳtles ġelēafan

    Oh ye of little faith

  3. religion

    sē cristena ġelēafa

    the Christian religion

Declension

Declension of geleafa
SingularPlural
Nominative ġelēafaġelēafan
Accusative ġelēafanġelēafan
Genitive ġelēafanġelēafena
Dative ġelēafanġelēafum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *galaubō, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô. More at ġelīefan (“to believe”). Cognate with German Glaube (“belief”).

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