woning

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Scrabble points: 10
Words With Friends: 13
Letters: 6

Definition of woning

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(archaic)A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.

“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.”
“[…] ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.”

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noun

(archaic)A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.

“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.”
“[…] ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.”

verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of wone

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Etymology

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, 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”).