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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
orphanité (s.xiii1/3)