leal

Adjective, Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

leal(s = adj.all) Array - faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"

leal, a. [OE. leial, another form of loial, F. loyal. See Loyal.].

Faithful; loyal; true. [1913 Webster]

"All men true and leal, all women pure." [1913 Webster]

Land of the leal, the place of the faithful; heaven.

leal, adj. Sc. loyal, honest.

Etymology

ME f. AF leal, OF leel, loial (as LOYAL)