wone

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /wəʊn/
• (America) IPA: /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

• Italian: dimora
• Russian: жили́ще
• Spanish: morada

Verb

wone (wones, present participle woning; past and past participle woned)

1. (obsolete or archaic, dialectal) To live, reside, stay.
   • 1460-1500, Wakefield Mystery 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 […]

Translations

• German: wohnen
• Russian: прожива́ть
• Spanish: morar

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.

Noun

wone (plural wones)

1. Custom, habit, practice.
2. Use, usage.

Synonyms

• wont

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