Noun: geleafa
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġelēafa |
| Plural | ġelēafan |
Genitive
| Singular | ġelēafan |
| Plural | ġelēafena |
Dative
| Singular | ġelēafan |
| Plural | ġelēafum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġelēafan |
| Plural | ġelēafan |
Sample Sentences
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Man mæġ mistruwian his āgnu ġewitt, ac nā his āgenne ġelēafan. (One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.)
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Lā ġē lȳtles ġelēafan (Oh ye of little faith)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Hē þancode þā god eallra his gōdnyssa, þæt hē hine ġesċylde wiþ þone swicolan deofol and him siġe forġēaf þurh sōþne ġelēafan. (Then he thanked God for all of his good deeds, that He protected him against the treacherous devil and gave him victory through the true faith.)
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sē cristena ġelēafa (the Christian religion)
Nouns inflected like geleafa
geleafa,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *galaubō, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô. More at ġelīefan (“to believe”). Cognate with German Glaube (“belief”). See: German Nouns '
Glaube'.
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