Forlorn

Yola

Alternative forms

Furlorn, Furloan, Furlong

Etymology

From Middle English forlonde, ffurlande.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɸɔːˈlɔːn/, /ɸuːˈlɔːn/

Proper noun

Forlorn

The extreme point of Carne, the south-eastern parish of Forth.

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40

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