(a) A building or structure for human residence, a house, dwelling, an abode; also fig. and in fig. context;—also pl.; also, a castle; west-minster ~; ~ sheld, a protector of one’s dwelling; in wone(s, at home; wil (wilsom) of ~, homeless [see also wil adj. 1.(c)]; (b) a house or group of buildings occupied by a religious community;—also pl.; also, a cell within a religious house; (c) a room or chamber in a house, castle, etc.; winter wones; withinne wones, on board ship.

(a) A place of confinement, prison, dungeon;—also pl.; (b) a well-fortified place, stronghold.

A church or cathedral;—also pl.; also, pl. an oratory [quot. c1400]; bishop ~, a bishop’s see.

(a) A place of habitation; also used of a stable; also, hell; mountaine ~, an aerie; (b) a specific inhabited place, country, city, etc.—also pl.; britaines wones, the land of Britain; rome wones, the city of Rome; wilde wode wones, wooded places, the countryside; (c) a particular location where people may congregate; wormes ~, the grave; (d) in adv. (usu. prep.) phrases: bi wones, in a town, country, etc.; in ~, throughout a place; in no wones, nowhere; in) everi ~, in every place.

This world, the earth;—also pl.; in (inwith) ~, on earth, on this earth.