Woning

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung ("act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling"), equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn ("habitation, dwelling, shelter"), Dutch woning ("dwelling, house"), German Wohnung ("dwelling, apartment"), Swedish våning ("floor, apartment, flat").

Full definition of woning

Noun

1. A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
• 1852, James A. Sharp, A new gazetteer:Near it is a timbered house; an old inn close to the bridge is thought to be the "woning" of "Elynor Humming," the famous ale wife, whose "tunning" is celebrated by Hen. VII.'s poet laureate, Skelton.
• 1995, Walter Hilton, The Goad of Love:... of Christ's blood and ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.

Derived terms

• woning-place
• woning-stead

From wone ("to dwell").

Verb

1. Present participle of wone