wont, woont

& s. [Prop. the pa. par. of won =to dwell, having taken the place of woned, from A. S. wunian =to dwell, to remain, to continue in; *won-ders, adv. & a. [Eng. wonder, with ad. gewunian =to dwell, to be accustomed to; allied to verbial suff. -s.] A. As adv.: Wonderfully, exceedingly. "Wonders dere." Chaucer: Testament of Love, bk. ii. B. As adj .: Wonderful, wondrous. "Ye be wonders men."- Skelton : Magnificence , 90. *won-ders-lý, adv . [Eng. wonders; -ly.] Won. der fully, wondrously. ( Sir T. More : Workes , p. 134.) won-der-struck, a . [Eng. wonder , and struck .] Struck with wonder, admiration, and surprise; wonder-stricken. "As can i us, wonder struck to see That image of his filial piety." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , ix. 395. won'-der-wõrk, s . [English wonder , and work .] A wonderful or marvelous work or action; a marvel, a wonder. "The wonderworks of God and Nature's hand." Byron: Childe Harold , iii. 10. won'-drous, *won'-der-ous, a . & adv . [A corruption of the earlier wonders (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Such as to excite wonder, surprise, or admiration; wonderful, marvelous, strange. "That I may Psalm xxvi. 7. • tell of all thy wondrous works." IMG:content-0989.png:[blocks in formation] ful; wonderfulne . *wone, *wonne, s. [WOΝΕ, υ .] 1. A dwelling, a habitation. "Nis not a tile yet within our wones." 2. Habit, custom, wont. Chaucer: C. Т. , 7,688. *wone, *wonne, v. i. [A. S. wunian =to dwell, to remain, to continue in; gewunian =to be accustomed; wuna custom, use; cogn. with M. H. Ger. gewonen = to be used to, gewonlich = customary; Ger. gewohnen to be used to, pa. par. gewohnt wont; wohnen to dwell.] [WONT, a. & v.] 1. To dwell, to reside. "Wher as ther woned a man of great honor." Chaucer: C. Т., 7,745. 2. To be accustomed or wont. IMG:content-0990.png:[blocks in formation] B. As subst . (for wone , s., by confusion with wont, adj.): Custom, habit, use, usage. "Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 4.