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Webster 1913 Edition


Wone

Wone

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
wonen
,
wunen
,
wonien
,
wunien
, AS.
wunian
. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. See
Wont
,
Adj.
]
To dwell; to abide.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Their habitation in which they
woned
.
Chaucer.

Wone

,
Noun.
[OE. See
Wone
,
Verb.
I.
,
Wont
,
Adj.
]
1.
Dwelling; habitation; abode.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
Custom; habit; wont; use; usage.
[Obs.]
To liven in delight was all his
wone
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wone

WON

, WONE,
Verb.
I.
[G.] To dwell; to abide. Obsolete. Its participle is retained in wont, that is, woned.

Definition 2024


wone

wone

English

Alternative forms

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

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 One Night, Night 17
      Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned.
Translations

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

Anagrams


Chuukese

Numeral

wone

  1. (cardinal) sixty

Dutch

Verb

wone

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wonen

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

wone (plural wones)

  1. custom, habit