Middle English Dictionary Entry
wǒner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wǒner(e n. |
| Etymology | From wǒnen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who dwells in a place, an inhabitant; also fig.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.179 : Y ne shalt nouȝt se man ouer, and wonier of rest.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.118.19 : A coomelyng wonyere I am in þe erþe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.257 : Þe lond þat lieth bytwene Ȝork and Durham was nyne ȝere wiþ oute teliers and wonyers.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/a : Opidanus: wonere [Hrl 1738: woner] in burȝ.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)22 : Alle þe wonyers of Chanain waxen starke.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.506 : Sorowis weldid the wonners of philistiym.