Meanings
woning1
plural wonings · alternative wonning
- archaicA place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
[…] 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 Love1 more example
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
woning2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wone
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Origin
woning · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*wunungu
- Old Englishwunung“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”
- Middle Englishwoning
- Englishwoning
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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woning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woning
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