bileve

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === beleve, byleve beleeve, believe, bilieve, byleeve (especially Late Middle English); beleave (Early Middle English or Kent) bileave (AB language); byleove (Southwest Midland) belefe, belyefe (Northern); beleiff, belewe (Early Scots) === Etymology === A modification of Old English lēafa, ġelēafa after bileven, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu, from Proto-Germanic *laubô, equivalent to bi- +‎ leve. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈlɛ̝ːv(ə)/ IPA(key): /biˈleːv(ə)/ (with the vocalism of beleven) === Noun === bileve (uncountable) (chiefly non-Northern) belief ==== Related terms ==== bileven ==== Descendants ==== English: belief Middle Scots: beleif, beleve Scots: belief Yola: beleave ==== References ====