ppl. a. [UN-1 8 b. Cf. OFris. onforloren (unforfeited), MDu. and Du. onverloren, MHG. unverlorn (G. -loren), older Da. uforloren.] a. Not lost. b. Not bereft (of).
1567. Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.), 146. Zit keipit scho hir madinheid vnforlorne.
1635. J. Hayward, trans. Biondi’s Banish’d Virg., 13. Yet was hee alive, and as yet unforlorne of either sense or memory.
1843. Lowell, Poems, 238.
| And thou, not mindless of so blest a morn, | |
| By no least deed its harmony shalt break, | |
| But shalt to that high chime thy footsteps take, | |
| Through life’s most darksome passes, unforlorn. |
1918. Lillian F. Lewis, Fagots, 19.
| Tho’ sullen clouds encircle low, | |
| Yet, unforlorn, I fear no woe. |
