beliefe

beliefe (countable and uncountable, plural beliefes)

1. Archaic spelling of belief.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Horatio ſaies tis but our fantaſie,
     And will not let beliefe take holde of him,

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beliefe

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of belaufen