"leal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.",
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          "text": "We thank you for the pure white fire of his goodness, for the red sword of justice in his hand, for the love he bears his leal people.",
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          "text": "The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.",
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        "True, genuine."
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          "text": "The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.",
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