woning
nounEtymology 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”).
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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.1852, James A. Sharp, A new gazetteer:
- […] ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.1995, Walter Hilton, The Goad of Love:
- Derived terms
- woning-place, woning-stead