Ge-leáfsum
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-leáfsum
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-leáfsum
- Add:--Þá hálwendan men and þá geleáfsuman þá þe tó úrum Drihtne cóman þá hé tó heofonum ástígan wolde, Bl. H. 117, 9. ¶ tó geleáfsuman so as to produce belief:--Uneáðe mæg mon tó geleáfsuman gesecgan swá monigfeald yfel in tanta malorum multitudine difficillima dicta fides, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 20. Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman (tells him and gets him to believe) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13.