Be-lífan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(ié, é, ý);

be-lífan

p. de To believe:--Þone hálgan gást þe þú on beléfst, Hml. A. 177, 266. Þá þe on God belýfað. Hml. Th. i. 114, 8. Þone dracan þe wé on belýfdon, 570, 25. Hí on God belýfdon, 92, 33: 244, 4: ii. 20, 7: Hml. S. 23, 22. [Cf. ge-lífan, which is the earlier form.] be-lifan