(a) Alone, without company [a few exx. with verbs resten, setten, sitten could be construed as adv.; cp. solitarili adv.]; single, one and no more; also, deprived of loved ones [quot.: a1420]; also, forsaken, without help [quots. 1st & a1475(?1431)]; of a sheep: parted from the flock; (b) solitary for the purpose of religious devotion; hermitic; living a contemplative life; ~ contemplacioun; ~ from wommen, chaste; ~ lif (living), a way of life distinguished by seclusion and devotion to God; ~ preiere, preiere ~, private prayer, devotion performed in seclusion; ~ speches, private utterances; (c) deserted, without people; secluded, remote, isolated; (d) private; unshared; (e) ?unique, one of a kind, out of the ordinary.