lealadj.adv.

Brit.

/liːl/, U.S.

/lil/, Scottish English

/lil/

Forms: Middle English lel, Middle English–1500s lele, Middle English liale, Middle English lell(e, Scottish leile, leyll, Middle English (1600s–1700s Scottish) leel, Middle English–1500s leale, Middle English–1600s Scottish leill, Middle English–1700s Scottish leil, Middle English leell, 1500s Scottish laill, 1700s– leal.

Etymology: < Old French leel, usually in semi-learned form leial , leal (= Provençal leyal , lial , Catalan lleal , Spanish leal , Italian leale ), modern French loyal (see loyal adj. and n.) < Latin lēgālis legal adj. and n.

A. adj. Now Scottish (and northern dialect) and in literary use derived from Scottish.

1. Loyal, faithful, honest, true.

a. Of persons, etc. land of the leal: see land n.¹ Phrases 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective]

holdc893

trueOE

leala1300

truefula1350

faithfula1375

true-hearted1465

liege1478

well-wishing1548

allegiant1556

vowed1560

lewtifull1563

whole-chested1576

devotious1583

devote1597

loyal-hearted1599

devoted1600

resolved1600

real1639

fidelious1650

liegeful1872

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27847 Lele of hert and fre of gyft.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4809 Þe grettest lordes of þat land þat lellest were hold.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4891 Yon er theues we lelmen wend.

a1400–50 Alexander 2877 Lede lelist to his lord leuand of lyue.

c1460 Launfal 326 I yeve the Blaunchard my stede lel.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 576 He that worthy wes and leill [1489 Adv. leile].

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 482 Thocht I be lawit, my leil hart can nocht fenȝe.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) x. 28 Scho wat w^touttin faill I am hir luvar laill.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 82 The eath of ellevin leill and vnsuspected men.

1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty vi Friendship makes us leal To truth and right.

a1776 Cruel Mother iii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. 220/2 She's counted the leelest maid o them a'.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Nov. (1939) 274 Honest Allan Cunningham..a leal true Scotsman.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 391 Leal subject, honest patriot, cordial friend.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 119 Thou, Scotland's son, that wouldst be leal and true.

b. Of things, qualities, etc.In Middle English poetry sometimes a more or less conventional laudatory epithet = ‘noble’, ‘fair’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective]

(fair) of flesh and fellc1000

sittinga1300

well-sittinga1300

well-shapedc1300

lealc1350

well-shapenc1380

shapelya1382

well-formeda1425

well-moulded1616

shapeful1621

clever1674

shapeable1719

formful1798

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective] > of oaths, qualities, etc.

holda1100

lealc1350

faithful1638

devotional1677

c1350 Parl. thre Ages (text A) 115 Longe legges and large and lele for to schewe.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 146 With leel labour to lyue whyl lif and londe lasteth.

a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 498/204 Þen maiȝt þou synge of loue lele.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8294 For wit þat flur sa fress and neu, þair stode a selcut lele [Fairf. louely] heu.

c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 154 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 103 Consele kane I kene þe gud & leile.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 The liell labour lost and liell seruice.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8800 [It] sanke..to the leell theghes, Passond by poris into þe pure legges.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 604 To se gif the Coilȝearis lawtie was leill.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) lxx. 2 Blind brutal Boy, that with thy bou abuses Leill leisome love by lechery and lust.

1721 A. Ramsay Katy's Answer iv There's my leal hand Win them, I'll be at your devotion.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Apr. 5/1 No man ever did more leal service than did Mackenzie during the bad days of the miserable Cabul business.

2. True, genuine; real, actual; exact, accurate; very (truth). Of a blow or shot: Well-aimed, hitting the mark. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective]

soothc825

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

rightOE

lealc1330

verilya1340

veryc1386

truea1398

soothfulc1400

real1440

vray1460

trothlike1544

of verityc1550

verimenta1592

correct1705

truthful1781

truthy1848

unillusory1853

straight-up1910

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective]

rightOE

namely?c1225

lealc1330

very1338

truec1400

justc1425

exquisite1541

precise?a1560

jump1581

accuratea1599

nice1600

refined1607

punctual1608

press?1611

square1632

exact1645

unerring1665

proper1694

correct1705

pointed1724

prig1776

precisivea1805

as right as a trivet1835

spot on1936

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 69 Þerof he mad me skrite, his hote to mak leale.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 210 Men that buth bygetyn Out of matrimonie mowe nat haue the grace That leelle legitime by lawe may cleyme.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7798 I come to tell þe tiþand lel.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6478 Ne ber þou witnes nan bot lele.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 35 Þis laye..is stad and stoken In stori stif & stronge, With lel letteres loken.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 425 Of þe lenþe of Noe lyf to lay a lel date, Þe sex hundreth of his age & none odde ȝerez.

c1400 Melayne 8 The ryghte lele trouthe.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aij^v The Planeitis..The quhilks ar in leill number thir seuin.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Bona patria We sall leill suith say, and na suith conceale.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 83 The said Witnesses to bear leal and soothfast Witnessing.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 167 With that stepp'd forward Tullochfern, An'..A leal shot ettled at the cock.

†3. Lawful; also, just, fair. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law

lawlya1250

leefulc1275

leal1352

lawfula1398

leesome?a1400

lisiblea1420

legitimec1450

legitimatea1460

coursable1478

licit1483

legal1671

above boarda1695

enabled1729

legit1907

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable

evenOE

skillwisea1300

leal1352

faira1387

mensurablea1398

equal1535

squarea1616

candid1643

equable1643

equitable1646

conscionable1647

1352 L. Minot Poems iii. 9 His mone that was gude and lele, Left in Braband full mekill dele.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1312 Whanne..alle lele lawes [were] in þat lond sette.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 28 Wheder þai be geten in leel spousage or noght.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. x. 3186 Oure Kyng Alysawndyr tuk Margret, The dowchtyr of this Kyng Henry, Into lele matrimony.

c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 1050 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 334 Condempnyt be leile syse.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 318 To draw cutt is the lelyst, and long cut, lo, This wede shall wyn.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 81 Obseruyng weill..the seremonyis lele.

1727 P. Walker Life A. Peden 134 (Jam.) I have had my leal share of wrongs this way.

B. adv. Now only Scottish.

1. Loyally, faithfully.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adverb]

holdec1000

holdelyc1050

trulya1250

truec1300

faithlyc1350

faithfullya1382

leallyc1394

fayfully?a1400

leala1400

lawfullyc1500

faithful1539

loyallement?1549

loyally1572

devotiously1621

devotedly1812

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6857 I..sal hald yow lel mi hight.

a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1066 I trewly many a day Haue lovid lelyest in londe.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 750 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 118 Luke to ye leid yat ye so leile lufis.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xlv. 3 Look ony one before me loved so leill.

17.. in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) I. 160 Had me fast, let me not gang, If you do love me leel.

2. Honestly, lawfully. leal-come adj. honestly come by.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [adverb] > in accordance with the law

lawlyc1175

leefullyc1340

lawfullyc1380

against, in, out of, with lawa1400

leala1400

licitly1483

leesomely1552

legally1581

legitimately1593

legit1929

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4913 Of our lele bi-geten thing.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 259 Bot beneficis ar nocht leill devydit.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 443 Let us claim our leel~come and lawfully conquessed joy.

1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence ii. 89 Every Man hath Conversion and the New-birth, but it's not leel come by.

3. Truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

a1400–50 Alexander 5020 Sire, þou ert lele of ilk lede þe lorde and þe fadire.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 43 This fourty dayes has rayn beyn; It will therfor abate Full lele.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (ad fin.) Redis leill, and tak gud tent in tyme.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3029 Nouþer lynes ne lerkes but full lell streght.

1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 285 Therby giving Mr. Andro Melvill a faire opportunitie to light leill upon Bishop Bancroft.

1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 4 These dawted Petts of Fate..By pure Instinct sae leal the Mark have hit.

1790 D. Morison Poems 15 [She] swore she'd be..Kiss'd leal frae lug to lug Fu' sweet that day.

Compounds

leal-hearted adj.

ΚΠ

1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty xi The North Sea skippers are leal-hearted men.

1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists 107 The leal-hearted Scot's last visit to his native land.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leal
释义	lealadj.adv. Brit. /liːl/, U.S. /lil/, Scottish English /lil/ Forms: Middle English lel, Middle English–1500s lele, Middle English liale, Middle English lell(e, Scottish leile, leyll, Middle English (1600s–1700s Scottish) leel, Middle English–1500s leale, Middle English–1600s Scottish leill, Middle English–1700s Scottish leil, Middle English leell, 1500s Scottish laill, 1700s– leal. Etymology: < Old French leel, usually in semi-learned form leial , leal (= Provençal leyal , lial , Catalan lleal , Spanish leal , Italian leale ), modern French loyal (see loyal adj. and n.) < Latin lēgālis legal adj. and n. A. adj. Now Scottish (and northern dialect) and in literary use derived from Scottish. 1. Loyal, faithful, honest, true. a. Of persons, etc. land of the leal: see land n.¹ Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective] holdc893 trueOE leala1300 truefula1350 faithfula1375 true-hearted1465 liege1478 well-wishing1548 allegiant1556 vowed1560 lewtifull1563 whole-chested1576 devotious1583 devote1597 loyal-hearted1599 devoted1600 resolved1600 real1639 fidelious1650 liegeful1872 a1300 Cursor Mundi 27847 Lele of hert and fre of gyft. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4809 Þe grettest lordes of þat land þat lellest were hold. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4891 Yon er theues we lelmen wend. a1400–50 Alexander 2877 Lede lelist to his lord leuand of lyue. c1460 Launfal 326 I yeve the Blaunchard my stede lel. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 576 He that worthy wes and leill [1489 Adv. leile]. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 482 Thocht I be lawit, my leil hart can nocht fenȝe. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) x. 28 Scho wat w^touttin faill I am hir luvar laill. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 82 The eath of ellevin leill and vnsuspected men. 1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty vi Friendship makes us leal To truth and right. a1776 Cruel Mother iii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. 220/2 She's counted the leelest maid o them a'. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Nov. (1939) 274 Honest Allan Cunningham..a leal true Scotsman. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 391 Leal subject, honest patriot, cordial friend. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 119 Thou, Scotland's son, that wouldst be leal and true. b. Of things, qualities, etc.In Middle English poetry sometimes a more or less conventional laudatory epithet = ‘noble’, ‘fair’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] (fair) of flesh and fellc1000 sittinga1300 well-sittinga1300 well-shapedc1300 lealc1350 well-shapenc1380 shapelya1382 well-formeda1425 well-moulded1616 shapeful1621 clever1674 shapeable1719 formful1798 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective] > of oaths, qualities, etc. holda1100 lealc1350 faithful1638 devotional1677 c1350 Parl. thre Ages (text A) 115 Longe legges and large and lele for to schewe. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 146 With leel labour to lyue whyl lif and londe lasteth. a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 498/204 Þen maiȝt þou synge of loue lele. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8294 For wit þat flur sa fress and neu, þair stode a selcut lele [Fairf. louely] heu. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 154 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 103 Consele kane I kene þe gud & leile. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 258 The liell labour lost and liell seruice. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8800 [It] sanke..to the leell theghes, Passond by poris into þe pure legges. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 604 To se gif the Coilȝearis lawtie was leill. a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) lxx. 2 Blind brutal Boy, that with thy bou abuses Leill leisome love by lechery and lust. 1721 A. Ramsay Katy's Answer iv There's my leal hand Win them, I'll be at your devotion. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Apr. 5/1 No man ever did more leal service than did Mackenzie during the bad days of the miserable Cabul business. 2. True, genuine; real, actual; exact, accurate; very (truth). Of a blow or shot: Well-aimed, hitting the mark. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] soothc825 soothlyc888 soothfastc950 rightOE lealc1330 verilya1340 veryc1386 truea1398 soothfulc1400 real1440 vray1460 trothlike1544 of verityc1550 verimenta1592 correct1705 truthful1781 truthy1848 unillusory1853 straight-up1910 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] rightOE namely?c1225 lealc1330 very1338 truec1400 justc1425 exquisite1541 precise?a1560 jump1581 accuratea1599 nice1600 refined1607 punctual1608 press?1611 square1632 exact1645 unerring1665 proper1694 correct1705 pointed1724 prig1776 precisivea1805 as right as a trivet1835 spot on1936 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 69 Þerof he mad me skrite, his hote to mak leale. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 210 Men that buth bygetyn Out of matrimonie mowe nat haue the grace That leelle legitime by lawe may cleyme. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7798 I come to tell þe tiþand lel. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6478 Ne ber þou witnes nan bot lele. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 35 Þis laye..is stad and stoken In stori stif & stronge, With lel letteres loken. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 425 Of þe lenþe of Noe lyf to lay a lel date, Þe sex hundreth of his age & none odde ȝerez. c1400 Melayne 8 The ryghte lele trouthe. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aij^v The Planeitis..The quhilks ar in leill number thir seuin. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Bona patria We sall leill suith say, and na suith conceale. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 83 The said Witnesses to bear leal and soothfast Witnessing. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 167 With that stepp'd forward Tullochfern, An'..A leal shot ettled at the cock. †3. Lawful; also, just, fair. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > in accordance with the law lawlya1250 leefulc1275 leal1352 lawfula1398 leesome?a1400 lisiblea1420 legitimec1450 legitimatea1460 coursable1478 licit1483 legal1671 above boarda1695 enabled1729 legit1907 society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable evenOE skillwisea1300 leal1352 faira1387 mensurablea1398 equal1535 squarea1616 candid1643 equable1643 equitable1646 conscionable1647 1352 L. Minot Poems iii. 9 His mone that was gude and lele, Left in Braband full mekill dele. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1312 Whanne..alle lele lawes [were] in þat lond sette. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 28 Wheder þai be geten in leel spousage or noght. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. x. 3186 Oure Kyng Alysawndyr tuk Margret, The dowchtyr of this Kyng Henry, Into lele matrimony. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 1050 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 334 Condempnyt be leile syse. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 318 To draw cutt is the lelyst, and long cut, lo, This wede shall wyn. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 81 Obseruyng weill..the seremonyis lele. 1727 P. Walker Life A. Peden 134 (Jam.) I have had my leal share of wrongs this way. B. adv. Now only Scottish. 1. Loyally, faithfully. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adverb] holdec1000 holdelyc1050 trulya1250 truec1300 faithlyc1350 faithfullya1382 leallyc1394 fayfully?a1400 leala1400 lawfullyc1500 faithful1539 loyallement?1549 loyally1572 devotiously1621 devotedly1812 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6857 I..sal hald yow lel mi hight. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1066 I trewly many a day Haue lovid lelyest in londe. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 750 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 118 Luke to ye leid yat ye so leile lufis. a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xlv. 3 Look ony one before me loved so leill. 17.. in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) I. 160 Had me fast, let me not gang, If you do love me leel. 2. Honestly, lawfully. leal-come adj. honestly come by. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [adverb] > in accordance with the law lawlyc1175 leefullyc1340 lawfullyc1380 against, in, out of, with lawa1400 leala1400 licitly1483 leesomely1552 legally1581 legitimately1593 legit1929 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4913 Of our lele bi-geten thing. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 259 Bot beneficis ar nocht leill devydit. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 443 Let us claim our leel~come and lawfully conquessed joy. 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence ii. 89 Every Man hath Conversion and the New-birth, but it's not leel come by. 3. Truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 a1400–50 Alexander 5020 Sire, þou ert lele of ilk lede þe lorde and þe fadire. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 43 This fourty dayes has rayn beyn; It will therfor abate Full lele. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (ad fin.) Redis leill, and tak gud tent in tyme. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3029 Nouþer lynes ne lerkes but full lell streght. 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 285 Therby giving Mr. Andro Melvill a faire opportunitie to light leill upon Bishop Bancroft. 1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 4 These dawted Petts of Fate..By pure Instinct sae leal the Mark have hit. 1790 D. Morison Poems 15 [She] swore she'd be..Kiss'd leal frae lug to lug Fu' sweet that day. Compounds leal-hearted adj. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty xi The North Sea skippers are leal-hearted men. 1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists 107 The leal-hearted Scot's last visit to his native land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † lealv. Forms: In Middle English lelen. Etymology: < leal adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To legalize, authorize. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > legalize leala1375 legitimate1596 civilize1643 legitimize1646 justify1651 legalize1652 legitimatize1693 decriminalize1972 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5284 Whan þe menskfull messangers here message wisten, & hade letteres of here lord to lelen here sawes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.a1300v.a1375
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lealadj.adv.

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† lealv.