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orphanité (s.xiii1/3)

orphanité (s.xiii1/3)

orfenté  
  FEW:  orphanus 7,420b Gdf:  orfanité 5,630a / orfanté 5,630a / orfenté 2 6,631a GdfC: TL: orfenté 6,1248 DEAF:  orfe (orfanité)  / orfe (orfenté)  DMF:  orphanité  / orphenté  TLF: OED:  orphanity n.  MED:  orphanite n.  DMLBS:  orphanitas 2058c

No attestations have been found in Anglo-Norman for the non-figurative sense of this word, i.e. ‘state of being orphaned’.

s.

fig.emotionwretchedness, state of being bereft of happiness previously enjoyed
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Ne puis abstiner de plur Quant moi sovent d'icel tens Ke l'emperere Maximiens Nos citeins tuz en menat E orphanins si nus lessat. Des dunc fustes en orphanité E chascé en tel vilté  Brut Royal 4217

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See also:

orphain  orphanin  orphanine  orphelin  orpheline 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
orphanité