Wone

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /wəʊn/
• US IPA: /woÊŠn/

From Middle English wonen ("to abide, dwell"), from Old English wunian ("to dwell, be accustomed to"), from Proto-Germanic *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunaijaną ("to love, wish"), from Proto-Indo-European *wenə- ("to wish, love"). Cognate with Dutch wonen ("to dwell"), German wohnen ("to live, dwell"). Related to wont, wean.

Alternative forms

• won, wonne

Full definition of wone

Noun

1. (obsolete or archaic, poetic) A dwelling.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, , Volume 2, vii:20 (see also xii:11)What secret place (quoth he) can safely holdSo huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye?Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much goldThou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?
• 1748, James Thomson (poet), , I:XXXVIIOn the cool height awhile out Palmers Å¿tay,And Å¿pite even of themÅ¿elves their SenÅ¿es chear;Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they Å¿teer.

Verb

1. (obsolete or archaic, dialectal) To live, reside, stay.
• 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, , Volume 2, iii:18 (see also i:51, vii:49, ix:52, and xii:69)For now the best and noblest knight alivePrince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond;He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.

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

Noun

1. (obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation.

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• wont

Anagrams

• enow, Owen, owne