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lorn

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lorn  (lôrn)
adj.
Bereft; forlorn.

[Middle English, from Old English -loren, past participle of -losan, to lose (as in forlosan, to lose); see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

lorn [lɔːn]
adj
Poetic forsaken or wretched
[Old English loren, past participle of -lēosan to lose]
lornness  n


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The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass.
 
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