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 via PIE to wont, wean, and wonder, and perhaps win.
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Pronunciation
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Noun
wone (plural wones)
- (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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 2, vii:20 (see also xii:11)
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Verb
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- (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 […]
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
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Etymology 2
Southern variant of wane (“dwelling”), probably from Old Norse ván.
Noun
wone (plural wones)
- (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.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
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)
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wone
Dutch
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wone
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practise, ritual”)
Noun
wone (plural wones)
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