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wone - What does it mean?

Definition of 'wone'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

Alternative forms

* won, wonne

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete|or|archaic|poetic) A dwelling.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), '', 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 , , I:XXXVII
  • On the cool height awhile out Palmers ?tay,
    And ?pite even of them?elves their Sen?es chear;
    Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ?teer.

    Verb

    (won)
  • (obsolete|or|archaic|dialectal) To live, reside, stay.
  • * 1885 , , 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.
  • * 1596 , '', 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.

    Etymology 2

    Southern variant of .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete|poetic) A house, home, habitation.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • custom, habit, practice
  • use, usage
  • Synonyms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) ----

    Similar to 'wone'

    wine, whine, wane, winne, wonne, whome, wame, whame