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English
Etymology
From Middle English *leftal, *lieftele, from Old English lēoftǣl, lēoftǣle (“kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable”), equivalent to lief + tell.
Adjective
leeftail (comparative more leeftail, superlative most leeftail)
- (UK dialectal, obsolete) High in demand; quickly sold.
1839, Ann Coward Wheeler, Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads:Markets hes been terrable laa this lang time, hardly worth gangin teea; but it wur Size, en wur a varra lieftel market, an et wur a wunder.