wone

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-Germanic *wunjaną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen (“to live, inhabit, dwell”), German wohnen (“to live, dwell”). Related to wont, wean.

Alternative forms

• won, wonne

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /woʊn/

Noun

wone (plural wones)

1. (obsolete or archaic, poetic) A dwelling.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 2, vii:20 (see also xii:11)

     What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold

     So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye?

     Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold

     Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, I:XXXVII

     On the cool height awhile out Palmers ſtay,

     And ſpite even of themſelves their Senſes chear;

     Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ſteer.

Translations

a dwelling

• Russian: жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče)

• Spanish: morada (es) f

Verb

wone (third-person singular simple present wones, present participle woning, simple past and past participle woned)

1. (obsolete or archaic, dialectal) To live, reside, stay.
   • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː

     This I make thy woning place, full of mirth and of solace.

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 2, iii:18 (see also i:51, vii:49, ix:52, and xii:69)

     For now the best and noblest knight alive

     Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond;

     He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 17

     Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned.

Derived terms

• inwone
• woning

Translations

to live, reside, stay

• German: wohnen (de)
• Russian: прожива́ть (ru) (proživátʹ), жить (ru) (žitʹ)

• Spanish: morar (es)

Etymology 2

Southern variant of wane (“dwelling”), probably from Old Norse ván.

Noun

wone (plural wones)

1. (obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation.
   • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː

     It is not good to be alone, to walk here in this worthly wone.

Etymology 3

From Middle English wone (“custom, habit”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice, ritual”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“practise”), from Proto-Germanic *wun- (“to wish, love”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

Noun

wone (plural wones)

1. custom, habit, practice
2. use, usage

Synonyms

• wont

Anagrams

• Owen, enow, owne

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Chuukese

Numeral

wone

1. (cardinal) sixty

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Dutch

Verb

wone

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wonen

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practise, ritual”)

Noun

wone (plural wones)

1. custom, habit