wone
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
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- 4
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Definition of wone
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, dialectal, obsolete)To live, reside, stay.
“This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace”
“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.”
“Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]”
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verb
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(archaic, dialectal, obsolete)To live, reside, stay.
“This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace”
“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.”
“Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]”
noun
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(obsolete, poetic)A house, home, habitation, dwelling.
“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.”
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(obsolete, poetic)Wealth, riches.
“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?”
num
- (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Eye dialect spelling of one.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”).
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