(a) To lose (sth. possessed or held), lose (goods, land, tenure, office, title, etc.), be dispossessed of, be deprived of; ppl. loren, of goods: lost as to possession; (b) ~ from, to take away (sth.) from (sb.); (c) to be deprived of (sth.) as a penalty, forfeit; (d) to lose (sth.) by chance or carelessness; ~ stirop, lose footing in a stirrup while riding; (e) to suffer material loss; ~ of, lose part of (one's property).

(a) To suffer loss of (a part, function, or faculty of the body, bodily strength, etc.); (b) ~ lif (lives light), to lose (one's) life, die; ~ breth, breathe (one's) last, die; (c) ~ hed (nekke), to suffer decapitation; (d) ~ of, to suffer loss of (one's speech).

(a) To fail to retain (a desirable attribute, condition, relationship, etc.); lose (goodness, beauty, strength, honor, reputation, chastity, God's grace or love, etc.); (b) to be freed of (an undesirable condition or quality).

To fail to retain (sth.) in one's memory, forget; -- with or without obj.

(a) Of an object, a part of the body, an abstraction, etc.: to suffer loss of (an appurtenant part, quality, function, etc.); of a tool or instrument: ~ the egge, become dulled; (b) to suffer such loss.

(a) To lose (sb.), lose contact with (sb.), lose track of (sb.), be parted from (sb.); (b) ~ from, to separate (sb.) from (sb.); (c) to desert or abandon (sb.), forsake (God, Christ).

(a) To lose (sb.) by death; he nas but loren, he was all but dead, he was about to die; (b) to lose (men, horses) as casualties in combat; (c) to suffer loss in combat.

(a) To lose track of (animals or birds under one's care); also, lose (pursued prey); (b) of a bird: to be separated from (the flock).

To lose the right to (sth.); fail to obtain (reward, wages, the product of labor, etc.); forfeit (God's grace or mercy, the bliss of heaven, etc.).

(a) To fail to accomplish (sth.), fail (to do sth.); ~ scole, fail in (one's) schooling; (b) to be unsuccessful in an undertaking; winnen and (or) ~, win and (or) lose; (c) to fail to attend (a mass); (d) refl. to lose one's way, go astray.

(a) To fail to win (a battle, a game); suffer defeat, be beaten; (b) to fail to hold (land) in battle, quit (a battlefield); ~ ground, give way, withdraw.

(a) To fail to maintain (a cause, purpose, practice, way of life), lose (patience); (b) ~ from, to take away (a way of life) from (sb.).

(a) To waste (effort), get no return from (one's action or labor); waste (one's love); ~ labour (swink, travail); ~ daies werk (journei), waste (a day's work); ~ on, waste (labor, love) on (sb. or sth.); (b) to waste (a period of time), spend (one's time) unprofitably or in vain; ~ time (whil); (c) ~ wind, to waste breath in talking; ~ langage, waste (one's) words; ~ word, etc.; (d) ben loren on, of a wife: to be wasted on (a man).

To spend (money); ~ up)on, spend (money) on (sb.); also, waste money on (sb.).

(a) To ruin or destroy (something material); lay waste (a land), lose (land) to cultivation, raze (buildings), eradicate (weeds), spoil (olive oil), debase (metal), wear out (clothes), etc.; (b) ppl. loren, as adj.: of a place: forlorn, wretched; of hands: wasted; of a dish: broken; of a ship: wrecked; (c) of a ship: to be wrecked.

To destroy (wisdom, faith, chastity, etc.); ruin (reputation).

(a) To ruin the prosperity, welfare, or happiness of (sb.); ben loren, be ruined or undone; be forsaken, forlorn, or desolate; ben but loren, be almost ruined or forsaken; ppl. loren, as adj.: lost to happiness [quots.: c1400, c1430]; (b) refl. to ruin oneself, make oneself desolate; (c) to suffer loss of fortune.

(a) To cause the death of (sb.), make (mankind) perish, destroy (the life of sb.); kill, slay; ben loren, be slain, be dead; (b) refl. to slay oneself, commit suicide.

(a) To doom (sb., the soul, etc.) to perdition, damn; also, bring about the damnation of (sb., one's soul); ~ in)to, consign (the soul and body) to (hell); (b) refl. to destroy oneself spiritually, be damned; (c) to come to perdition, be damned.