1kinshiporphaned, having lost one's parents:
(
c.1165;
MS: s.xiii2
)
A mes enfanz purras cunter [...] qe ore sunt povre e orphenin
270.21
♦
fig.emotionwretched, bereft of happiness previously enjoyed:
(
c.1235;
MS: c.1235
)
As Romeins nuncier [...] Kancke ai veu e oi, jo peccheres orphanin
1836
1kinshiporphan, child of deceased parents:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Seient fait li fil de lui orfenin e la feme de lui vedve
110.108.8
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii1
)
As vedves e as orphanins Fud il pere, e as povrins
189
(
s.xiv1
)
Gardez les vefves et les orphanyns
21
(
1377
)
come de tresanciene franche custume de la dite citee, les gardes des orfanyns de meisme la citee [...] deivent de droit appertenir a les maire et chamberlein
iii 28
♦
fig.emotionwretched person, one 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
4216
orphanin (s.xii1)