Llef

lef, adj. (poetry loved, dear -ad?>. lovingly willingly, now chiefly used m the plnasc, 'I had as [A S. leaf; Ger heb, loved.] Liege, lcj, atlj. true, faithful: subject: under a feudal tenure: sovemgn or having lieges —n. one under a feudal tenure: a va al, a lord or superior or one who has lieges. [Fr. hge, which prob. is derived from O. Ger. lean. Ger ledig. free, unfettered. The word was ong. applied to the free bands in the German tribes that overturned the Roman empire But as the free bands settled on the conquered territory and formed the Feudal System, the meaning of the word gradually changed thus orig. meant free,' then true to their chief,’ loyal/ ‘bound by a feudal tenure; but the sense of bound' was also due to confusion with L. hgatus, bound.]