Be-lǽfan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-lǽfan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-lǽfan
- Substitute: I. trans, (I) to leave, be survived by:--Hé bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. (2) to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare:--Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml. S. 4, 427: Hml. Th. ii. 194, 2. Þone sǽdere hé belǽfde ús tó sécenne, 90, 8. Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. II. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English bielieve]:-- Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét ácwellan þá crístenan, wolde ꝥ nán man ne belǽfde crísten, Hml. S. 29, 202. [Goth. bi-laibjan to leave.] be-læfan