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leyfi, n. , _leave, permission_, in Möbius'
Glossary, p. 266.

lȳfan, w. v. , (fundamental meaning _to believe, trust_) in

ā-lȳfan, _to allow, grant, entrust_: pret. sg. nǣfre ic ǣnegum men ǣr
ālȳfde . . . þrȳð-ærn Dena (_never before to any man have I entrusted the
palace of the Danes_), 656; pret. part. (þā mē wæs) sīð . . .
ālȳfed inn
under eorð-weall (_the way in under the wall of earth was allowed me_),
3090.

ge-lȳfan, w. v. , _to believe, trust_: 1) w. dat. : inf. þǣr gelȳfan sceal
dryhtnes dōme sē þe hine dēað nimeð (_whomever death carrieth away, shall
believe it to be the judgment of God_, i. e. in the contest between Bēowulf
and Grendel), 440. --2) w. acc. : pret. sg. gēoce gelȳfde brego Beorht-Dena
(_believed in, expected, help_, etc. ), 609; þæt hēo on ǣnigne eorl gelȳfde
fyrena frōfre (_that she at last should expect from any earl comfort, help,
out of these troubles_), 628; sē þe him bealwa tō bōte gelȳfde (_who
trusted in him as a help out of evils_), 910; him tō anwaldan āre gelȳfde
(_relied for himself on the help of God_), 1273.

ā-lȳsan, w.