þǣr gelȳfan sceal
dryhtnes dōme sē þe hine dēað nimeð (_whomever death
carrieth
away, shall
believe it to be the judgment of God_, i.
Beowulf
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. v., _to loose, liberate_: pret. part. þā wæs of þǣm hrōran
helm and byrne lungre ā-lȳsed (_helm and corselet were straightway loosed
from him_), 1631.