a. Obs. Forms: 1 (ʓe)léaffull, 2 lefull, 3 læfful(l, lefful, leafful. [OE. (ʓe)léaffull, f. (ʓe)léafa belief, faith + -FUL.] Faithful, believing.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xxv. 21. Forðon ofer lytla ðu were leaffull ofer moniʓo ðec ic setto.
c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., John xx. 27. Nelle ðu wosa unʓilefend ah leaf-full.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 77. He nis nawiht alle monne lauerd … but lefulle monne lauerd.
c. 1200. Ormin, 19242. Wiþþ erþlic eȝhe, & ec Wiþþ læffull herrtess sihhþe.
c. 1205. Lay., 3033. Cordoille … nom hire leaf-fulne huie þat heo liȝen nolden [? read nolde].
c. 1220. Bestiary, 713. List ilk lefful man her-to.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1038. Godd (þe leadeð euch leafful to treowe bileaue).
a. 1225. Gen. & Ex., 3447. If ye listen lefful to me, Ic wile min folc owen be.
