- forléosan
- sv/t2 3rd pres forlíesð past forléas/forluron ptp forloren to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin
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forlorn — adjective Etymology: Middle English forloren, from Old English, past participle of forlēosan to lose, from for + lēosan to lose more at lose Date: before 12th century 1. a. bereft, forsaken < left quite forlorn of hope > b. sad and lonely because … New Collegiate Dictionary
Waldere — Der so genannte Waldere ist die fragmentarische Überlieferung einer angelsächsischen Dichtung über den germanischen Helden Walther. Die 63 Zeilen des Waldere sind die einzige Spur der Walther Sage in der altenglischen Literatur.[1] Die Geschichte … Deutsch Wikipedia
leu- — To loosen, divide, cut apart. Derivatives include forlorn, analysis, and solve. I. Extended Germanic root *leus . 1. a. lorn, losel, from Old English lēosan, to lose; … Universalium
forlorn — forlornly, adv. forlornness, n. /fawr lawrn /, adj. 1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. 2. lonely and sad; forsaken. 3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances. 4. bereft;… … Universalium
forlorn — for|lorn [fəˈlo:n US fərˈlo:rn] adj [: Old English; Origin: , past participle of forleosan to lose ] 1.) seeming lonely and unhappy ▪ a forlorn figure sitting all by herself ▪ Ana sat with a bowed head and spoke in a forlorn voice. 2.) a place… … Dictionary of contemporary English
forlorn — [12] Forlorn began life as the past participle of Old English forlēosan ‘lose completely, forfeit, abandon’, a compound verb formed in prehistoric Germanic times from the intensive prefix *fer and *leusan (a relative of modern English lose). It… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
verlieren — Vst. std. (8. Jh.), mhd. v(er)liesen, ahd. firliosan, as. farliosan Stammwort. Aus g. * leus a Vst. verlieren (als Simplex nicht alt bezeugt), auch in gt. fraliusan, ae. forlēosan, afr. forliāsa, urliāsa. Das Verb ist eine nur germanische s… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
forlorn — (adj.) mid 12c., forloren disgraced, depraved, pp. of obsolete forlesan be deprived of, lose, abandon, from O.E. forleosan to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin, from FOR (Cf. for ) completely + leosan to lose (see LOSE (Cf. lose)). In the… … Etymology dictionary
lose — (v.) O.E. losian be lost, perish, from los destruction, loss, from P.Gmc. *lausa (Cf. O.N. los the breaking up of an army; O.E. forleosan to lose, O.Fris. forliasa, O.S. farliosan, M.Du. verliesen, O.H.G. firliosan, Ger. verlieren … Etymology dictionary
forlorn — [fə lɔ:n] adjective 1》 pitifully sad and lonely. 2》 unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled. Phrases forlorn hope a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [C16: from Du. verloren hoop lost troop , orig. denoting a band of… … English new terms dictionary
