a. arch. or Obs. Forms: 2–3 bileaful, bileffull, 6 beliefull. [f. prec. + -FUL.] Full of faith, believing.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 73. Þet heo sculen beon bileffulle.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 25. Þe rihtwise and þe bileafule.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Luke i. (R.). A minde beliefull and readie to obeie.
