† orphenin, n. and a. Obs.
Also -anin, -yne.
[a. OF. orphenin, -anin (12th c.), deriv. of L. orphan-us orphan, subseq. orphelin: see orphelin a. and n.]
A. n. = orphan A. 1.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxi. (Eugenia) 446 Namly it þat mycht ryne til wydow or til orphanyne. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxi. (1869) 37, I am norishe of orphanynes, osteleer to pilgrimes. c 1500 Melusine 187 They oughte to helpe and susteyne the wydowes an orphenyns. |
B. adj. Bereaved (in quot. of children).
| 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiii. xii, I am put to this Exille, that of one sone & foure doughters, I am orphenyn. |