ˈwonner, ˈwoner arch.
Also 4 wonere, wonyer.
[f. won v. + -er1. Cf. G. bewohner, einwohner.]
A dweller, an inhabitant.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter, Song of Moses 506 All þe woners of chanaan wex starke. 1382 Wyclif Ps. cxviii[i]. 19 A comeling wonere I am in the erthe. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 33 Þat is nouȝt plesynge to God, þat graunted þe place to þe olde wonyer. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vi. cxcvi. (1811) 201 Wonner [citing Trevisa]. 1885 J. Ingelow Sleep of Sigismund xxvii, The shy wood-wonners.., bright-eyed furry things. |