abode

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of vowel, compare abode, preterit of abide.

Noun [edit]

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.][1]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
      Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
  2. (obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.][1]
  3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][1]
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Translations [edit]
obsolete: act of waiting
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
slightly dated: residence
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Verb [edit]

abode

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abide

Etymology 2 [edit]

  • From an alteration with bode and Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”)
  • a- +‎ bode (“presage, portend, announce”)

Noun [edit]

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling. [Attested from the late 16th century to the late 17th century.][1]
    • High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman
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omen

Verb [edit]

abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. [Attested from the late 16th century to the mid 17th century.][1]
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  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous. [Attested from the mid 17th century to the late 17th century.][1]
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References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:

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