"leaful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more leaful [comparative], most leaful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English leful, lefful, leafful, from Old English lēaffull, ġelēafful (“full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful”), equivalent to leave + -ful. Cognate with Scots leful, levefull (“right, permissible, legal, just”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leful}} Middle English leful, {{m|enm|lefful}} lefful, {{m|enm|leafful}} leafful, {{inh|en|ang|lēaffull}} Old English lēaffull, {{m|ang|ġelēafful||full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful}} ġelēafful (“full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful”), {{suffix|en|leave|ful|pos=adjective}} leave + -ful, {{cog|sco|leful}} Scots leful, {{m|sco|levefull||right, permissible, legal, just}} levefull (“right, permissible, legal, just”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} leaful (comparative more leaful, superlative most leaful)
  1. (obsolete) Full of faith; believing. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-leaful-en-adj-IfDlqWKJ Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (archaic, dialectal, Scotland) Faithful. Tags: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-leaful-en-adj-0fzAhUKK Categories (other): Scottish English, English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leafful

Alternative forms

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