† orphelin, a. and n. Obs.
(ˈɔːfəlɪn)
Forms: 4–6 orphelyn, 6 -line, -len, -ling, orphiline, 7 orphaline, orphling.
[a. OF. orphelin, orfelin (13th c. in Littré), arising by dissimilation from OF. orphenin: see orphenin.]
A. adj. Orphaned; bereaved.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iii. 25 (Camb. MS.) Wan thow weere orphelyn of fadyr and modyr. 1512 Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 105 Shall I abide orpheline in my yonge dais. |
B. n. An orphan.
| a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 112 For to norisshe orphelyns and for to endoctrine hem in vertu and science. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 260 b/1 Leue us not orphelyns. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon lx. 210 He dystroyeth the burgesses and marchauntes, wedous and orphelyns. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. (1732) 109 The Blind, Crooked, Bedralis, Widowis, Orphelingis, and all uther Pure. 1630 J. Levett Ord. Bees Ded., Of your..love to the deceased Author, or your charity to this posthume Orphling. 1652 J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox iii. 51 To preserve it for the Orphaline. |