▪ I. won, wone, v. Obs. exc. Sc. and north., and arch.
(wʌn, wəʊn)
Forms: 1 wunian, (1–2 uni-), 2–3 wnien, wunen, 3 wunie(n, wunye(n, wune, Orm. wunenn, 3–4 wne; 2–4 wonien, 3 wonin, 4 wonen, woniȝe(n, wonȝe, wonie, -y, 4–5 -ye; 4– 8 wonne, 4–9 won(n, wone, 5 wonon, -yn, (5–7 woon, 7 woone); Sc. and north. 4 vone, vonne, 5–9 wun, 9 woan(e, woon, wonne, wunn. pa. tense 1 wunode, 2 wnede, 3 wunede; 4 wonid, wonyed, wonde, Sc. wonnyt, 4–8 wond, 5 wonyd, vonnyt, 6 woond, (pseudo-arch. wonne), Sc. wonnit, 4– wonned, wonn'd, woned, won'd. pa. pple.: see wont pa. pple.; also 5 wunte. See also win v.2
[OE. wunian, corresp. to OFris. wunia, wonia to dwell, OS. wunôn, wonôn, (M)LG., (M)Du. wonen, OHG. wonên (MHG. wonen, G. wohnen) to be accustomed, remain, dwell, ON. una to rejoice, Goth. *wunan in unwunands troubled:—*wunōjan, -ǣjan, f. Teut. wun-, for further relations of which see wean v., win n.2, etc.]
I. 1. intr. To stay habitually, dwell, live (in a place or with some one).
| Beowulf 1128 Hengest..wunode mid Finn. c 725 Corpus Gloss. 1140 Inmoratur, wunat. 971 Blickl. Hom. 57 Seo fæᵹernes þære saule þe on ecnesse wunaþ on heofena rices ᵹefean. Ibid. 105 Ac þær wunian mot [he]..mid engla sibbe on ecean wuldre. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John i. 39 Hiᵹ comon & ᵹesawon hwar he wunode, & mid him wunodon on ðam dæᵹe. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 231 His under-þeoden..on his cyne rice wuneden. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 51 Þer wunieð fower cunnes wurmes inne þet fordoð nuðe al þeos midelerd. c 1205 Lay. 17681 Þene bezste læche þe wunede an æi londe. c 1220 Bestiary 517 Ðis fis [sc. whale] wuneð wið ðe se grund. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2742 Raguel Ietro ðat riche man, Was wuniende in madian. a 1300 Cursor M. 2678 Þou and þi childer it sal bigin And þat wons þi house wit in. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 17 He com his eam to socour fro fer þer he gan wonne. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. ii. 232 He..is welcome whan he wil and woneth wyth hem oft. c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 54, I hafe wunte with þis knyght þis xiiij yere. 1513 Douglas æneis xi. xi. 82 In maner of hyrdis in pasturage, On wild montanis he wonnit all his age. 1557 T. Phaer æneid. vii. (1558) S iv, What people dwells hereby, what townes they keepe, and where they wonne. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 88 Wheresoever the Romane winneth..there he woneth, and inhabiteth. 1614 Gorges Lucan vi. 240 Dis that woonneth still below. 1621 R. Brathwait Nat. Emb., etc. N 2, Simple and meane's the cottage where I won. 1667 Milton P.L. vii. 457 Out of the ground up rose As from his Laire the wilde Beast where he wonns In Forrest wilde. 1728 Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 5 An honest Miller wond in Fife. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 46 There's o Gentlemon ot wooans abeawt three Mile off. 1810 Scott Lady of L. iv. xiii, Up spoke the moody Elfin king, Who won'd within the hill. 1827 Hood Mids. Fairies lii, Neither in forest haunts love I to won. 1848 H. Miller First Impr. Eng. v. (1857) 85 There wons a barber in Dudley..of whom I purchased several fine trilobites. 1867 J. Ingelow Gladys 563 The wizard that wonned..underground. |
b. transf. and fig.
| Beowulf 2242 Beorh ealᵹearo wunode on wonge. 971 Blickl. Hom. 111 We sceolan..þone rihtan ᵹeleafan fæste staðelian on urum heortum þæt he ðær wunian mæᵹe. c 1000 Phœnix 82 Þær se halᵹa stenc wunaþ ᵹeond wynlond. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 7 Ȝif we þis doð þenne wunet god almihti in us. c 1250 Prov. Alfred 391 in O.E. Misc. 126 Þeyh o mon wolde al þe worlde And al þe wunne þe þar-inne wunyeþ. a 1300 Cursor M. 9666 For pes mai nourquar abide Þar hate wons, or werr, or pride. c 1400 Rule St. Benet (prose) 2 He dos all to noht þe sinne þat wnis in his þoht. a 1529 Skelton Col. Cloute 141 They haue..ryght sklender connyng Within theyr heedes wonnyng. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 3 Wastefull wayes, Where daungers dwelt, and perils most did wonne. a 1592 Greene Jas. IV, i. iii, Thy sight hath cleerd my thoughts Of many banefull troubles that there woond. 1622 Drayton Poly-olb. xix. 17 For in that happy soil, doth pleasure ever wonne. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. i. (1642) 56 And if it be blasphemy or Heresie, let them looke unto it, where it wonneth so familiarly with so many men. 1828 Hood ‘Oh! well may poets make a fuss’ 81 Where are ye, London meads..And gardens redolent of flow'rs Wherein the Zephyr wons? a 1839 Lady F. Hastings Poems, Lay of Bell 222 Ever within those sashless walls Sorrow woneth. 1852 Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 504 That Wisdom yet might wonn with them again. |
† 2. To continue to be, remain (in a certain state, condition, or way of life); to have existence, live.
| Beowulf 1735 Wunað he on wiste, no hine wiht dweleð adl ne yldo. 971 Blickl. Hom. 155, & heo wæs fæmne ær hire beorþre & heo wunaþ fæmne æfter hire beorþre. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives iii. 595 Se læce..cwæð þæt he ᵹelyfan wolde..ᵹif he wunode of[er] mid-dæᵹ. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 63 Ȝife us..þet he..mid his halie gast us lihte and in cherite to wnien inne. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 3 Men þe waren wunende on elche of þese þrie times. Ibid. 179 Viuimus in labore,..on swunche we here wunien. 1340 Ayenb. 54 Þo þet libbeþ be þe goste byeþ þo þet ine þe loue of god wonyeþ. a 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 205 Ȝif þou wol wone in weole, Prey for þe prest. c 1450 Holland Howlat 963, I couth nocht won in to welth wretch wast, I was so wantoun of will. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 39 How might that bee, And he the stoutest knight, that euer wonne? 1595 ― Col. Clout 307 Like as in this same world where we do wone. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vii. xxvii, Fancie, a lad that all in feathers wons. |
† 3. To remain (in a place); to stay. Obs.
| c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives ix. 146 Seo eadiᵹa lucia on þære ylcan stowe wunode Þe heo ofslaᵹen wæs oðþæt sacerdas coman. c 1430 How Good Wife taught Dau. 83 in Babees Bk. (1868) 40 Wone at hom, douȝtir. |
† 4. trans. To dwell in, inhabit. Obs.
| Beowulf 1260 Grendles modor..se þe wætereᵹesan wunian scolde, cealde streamas. a 1000 Phœnix 172 Ðær he heanne beam on holtwuda wunað. 1565 Golding Ovid's Met. ii. (1593) 39 The fire he ay doth shon, And chooseth him the contrary continually to won. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia iii. (1922) 75 When all this Earth..Was onely won'd with such as beastes begot. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xii. xxv, The toure wherein she lay enclos'd, Was with her damsels onely wond and mee. |
II. † 5. intr. To be accustomed or used to do something. Obs. to be wont: see wont pa. pple.
The regular form in this sense in OE. was ᵹewunian.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. xli. (Z.) 247 Soleo ic ᵹewuniᵹe [v.rr. iwunie, wuniᵹe], solens wuniᵹende. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 532/1 Wonon', or vse custummably, usito. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 119 And thereto aye wonned to repayre The shepheards daughters. 1590 ― F.Q. iii. ix. 21 Her well plighted frock, which she did won To tucke about her short, when she did ryde. 1642 H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxxii, These parts that won To drag in dirty earth. |
† 6. trans. To accustom (a person to something); refl. to accustom oneself, become or be accustomed.
| c 1200 Ormin 19541 He wass sennd to fullhtnenn, To wunenn swa þe follc þærto, forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn ȝernenn Affterr þe Laferrd Jesu Crist. a 1300 Cursor M. 12088 If þou..wald luue þi sun, Til oþer thues þou suld him won. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 532/1 Wonon', or make to be custummyd or vsyd.., assuefacio. 1483 Cath. Angl. 423/1 To Wonne, assuefacere. |
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 85 Seint nicholas þe on his chilhode wunede him to fasten. a 1225 Ancr. R. 412 Wunieð ou to lutel drunch. a 1250 Prov. Alfred 367 in O.E. Misc. 124 From lesynge þu þe wune. 1340 Ayenb. 7 Þe ilke þet mest him woneþ to zuerie mest zeneȝeþ. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 167 Þey woneþ hem to glotonye. c 1400 Rule St. Benet (prose) 10 Ye sal wne yu til strate gate. c 1449 Pecock Repr. v. xiv. 559 For to sette thee and wone thee to not loue money. |
▪ II. won, ppl. a.
(wʌn)
Also 6 wonne.
Pa. pple. of win v.1, in various senses of the vb.
| 1500–20 Ill-won [see ill- 7]. 1553 Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 155 b, An holy nation, a wonne people. 1598 Bernard tr. Terence, Phormio i. v, Whatsoeuer may happen vnlooked for, account that as wonne good. 1827 Scott Surg. Dau. v, A won battle. 1860 Löwenthal Morphy's Games Chess 56 A won game. 1883 Mem. Sam. Miller iv. 108 Rendering at last to God His own won heritage. |
▪ III. won, n.
(wɒn, wɔːn)
[ad. Korean wån in same sense.]
The basic monetary unit of (North and South) Korea.
| 1950 Times 16 Nov. 7/7 Between June 25 and October 1 expenditure totalled 28,000m. won,..while revenue amounted to about 1,000m. won. 1952 R. Cutforth Korean Reporter x. 85, I gave him 20,000 won, patted him on the back and said goodbye. 1981 ‘A. Hall’ Pekin Target vii. 62, I declared 100,000 won and asked where I could change pounds sterling. 1984 Times 25 Jan. 6/8 Twelve South Korean herb medicine dealers were arrested for selling 1bn won ({pstlg}850,000) worth of false cures. |
▪ IV. won
obs. form of one, wan a., when; pa. tense and pple. of win v.1 and v.3; obs. pa. pple. of wind v.1; var. wone.