wunung
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wunian + -ung. Cognate with Old Saxon wonunga, Old High German wonunga (German Wohnung).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wunung f
- residence, home, dwelling; place to stay or live
- early 12th century, Life of St. Neot
- Hē him þǣr wununge ġetimbrode on swīðe fæġre stōwe.
- He built himself a home there in a very beautiful place.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- and gif we forleosað þas lænan woruld-þingc, þonne sceole we witan þæt ure wunung nis na her ac is on heofonum gif we hopiað to gode.
- and if we lose the transitory things of this world, then should we know that our dwelling is not here, but is in heaven, if we hope in God.
- early 12th century, Life of St. Neot
- staying or living in a certain place
- c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
- Ġif hēo eft on ǣniġne tīman hīe selfe tō mynstres wununge ġefæstnian wile, ne sīe nā hiere ġewilnung onsċunod.
- If at any time she wants to re-commit herself to monastic life, her desire should not be shunned.
- c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
- existence, life
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
- Sē is libbende god þe hæfþ līf and wununge þurh hine selfne.
- He is the living god who has life and existence through himself.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | wunung | wununga, wununge |
accusative | wununge | wununga, wununge |
genitive | wununge | wununga |
dative | wununge | wunungum |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wunung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.