Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
leal .
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Examples
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D'vin could find no fault with P'lel's flying or with Telenth's work, but it was obvious to him that the Istan blue dragon was simply the master of the situation.
Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006
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The Weyrleader acknowledged S'lel's salute and indicated the bronze rider should be seated.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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An ill-timed swerve during the Spring Games had brought L'tol and his beast into the full blast of a phosphine emission from S'lel's bronze Tuenth.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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Lessa quickly made contact with S'lel's Tuenth, himself just rousing from a nap.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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She suspected Manora was about to echo S'lel's reply to that statement, but the older woman suddenly shifted to a safer subject.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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If you had big business and big deals, I cannot imagine how you could not be corrupt, says Mohamed Metwalli , the CEO of Arabiyya lel Istithmaraat, a Cairo private-equity firm, who supported the protests and still has three shotgun pellets lodged in his head from when police fired on the crowds.
Cairo Revolution Finds New Target: Free Market Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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If this city sat on the coastal plane, it is more likely that the sea lel rose to engulf the city than that the city sank to the sea floor.
Maria Popova: Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City 2010
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If this city sat on the coastal plane, it is more likely that the sea lel rose to engulf the city than that the city sank to the sea floor.
Maria Popova: Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City Maria Popova 2010
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If this city sat on the coastal plane, it is more likely that the sea lel rose to engulf the city than that the city sank to the sea floor.
Maria Popova: Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City 2010
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Obama said he would be willing to meet on a personal lel without preconditions with the wrost dictoators/enemies of the US in his first year.
tim_retep commented on the word lel
lel – to take, catch, arrest (Gypsy)
July 31, 2009