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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-leáflíc

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1 ge-leáflíc

adj. To be believed, credible, faithful; crēdĭbĭlis :-- Nis hit ná geleáflíc ðæt se wurm Euan bepǽhte, and se deófol spræc þurh ða næddran it is not to be believed that the serpent deceived Eve, but the devil spoke through the serpent, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 40. Ðíne gecýðnyssa sindon swíðe geleáflíce thy testimonies are very faithful, Homl. Th. ii. 43, 15. Ðíne gecýdnyssa [MS. -kyðnyssa] geleáflíce gewordene synt swíðe testĭmōnia tua crēdĭbĭlia facta sunt nimis, Ps. Lamb. 92, 5. ge-leaflic
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ᚷᛖ-ᛚᛖᚪᚠᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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