þrȳð-ærn Dena (_never before to any man have I
entrusted
the
palace of the Danes_), 656; pret.
Beowulf
), 2132.--Leo. Cf. O.N. 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.
