lorn \ lawrn \, adjective;
1.Archaic . lost, ruined, or undone.
2.forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
Quotes:
"If thou readest, thou art lorn ! Better hadst thou ne'er been born!"
-- Sir Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," 1805
…even though she were a legal and indisputable Lady Mountclere, she might be despised by my Lord's circle, and left lone and lorn .
-- Thomas Hardy, "The Hand of Ethelberta ," 1876
Origin:
Lorn came to English when Middle English was spoken. It ultimately comes from the Old English verb -lēosan meaning "to lose."
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