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wunian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wunian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§109; §536;
To dwell, remain
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  • Wunat

    inmoratur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 76.

  • Wunaþ

    constat,

      Kent. Gl. 1176.

  • Wunian

    consistere,

      190.
of living creatures, to dwell, abide, stay, remain, live,
of dwelling in a place or with a person,
Grammar
wunian, with preps. or adverbs
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  • Ðú geond holt wunast

    thou shalt live in the woods,

    • Cd. Th. 252, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 574.

  • Ðú in heánnissum wunast mid Waldend Fæder,

    • Exon. Th. 10, 36
      • ;
    • Cri. 163.

  • Se þeów ne wunaþ (manet) on húse on écnesse; se sunu wunaþ on écnesse,

      Jn. Skt. 8, 35.

  • Pellicane gelíc, se on wéstene wunaþ,

      Ps. Th. 101, 5.

  • Monna gehwylc cwic þendan hér wunaþ,

      Exon. Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590.

  • Ða hwíle ðe wé on ðysse worlde wuniaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 103, 24.

  • Him (the whale) ða férend on fæste wuniaþ, wíc weardiaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 361, 26
      • ;
    • Wal. 25.

  • Mislíce wildeór wuniaþ (morantur) on wudum,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 23.

  • On heán muntum heortas wuniaþ,

      Ps. Th. 103, 17.

  • Ic on wéstene wunode lange

    mansi in solitudine,

      54, 7.

  • Wunude,

      83, 1.

  • Hé wunode ðǽr on mynstre,

      Homl. Skt. i. 6, 99.

  • Hé on ðæm lande feala wintra wunode,

      Blickl. Homl. 113, 13.

  • Hé wunode be Iordane,

    • Cd. Th. 116, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1931.

  • Hé ðǽr wunode mid him,

    • Blickl. Homl. 239, 18
      • :
    • 249, 16
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 162, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 972
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 2261
      • ;
    • B. 1128.

  • Wé cómun tó ðam ðæt wé wunedon on ðínum lande,

      Gen. 47, 4.

  • Ðá hig wunedon on Galiléa

    conversantibus eis in Galilaea,

      Mt. Kmbl. 17, 22.

  • Hié ealle onyppan wunedon, bídende ðæs Hálgan Gástes,

      Blickl. Homl. 133, 26.

  • Wunedon on ðám wícum Abraham and Loth,

    • Cd. Th. 113, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1890.

  • Wuna mid úsic and ðé wíc geceás,

    • 164, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2722.

  • Medmicel fæc nú gyt wuna mid ús,

      Blickl. Homl. 247, 33.

  • Wuna in ðære wínbyrig,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674.

  • Wuniaþ (wunas,

      Lind.
    : wynigaþ,
      Rush.
    manete) ðǽr,

      Mt. Kmbl. 10, 11.

  • Wunigaþ on ðam ylcan húse,

      Lk. Skt. 10, 7.

  • Eal ðæt manegu ðe him mid wunige,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1890
      • ;
    • An. 947.

  • Hí on his neáweste wunian,

      Ps. Th. 148, 14.

  • Beón, gif hí man acwellaþ, cwelle hig man raþe,...ðæt hig ofer niht ðǽron ne wunigon (restent),

    • L. Ecg. C. 39
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 164, 3.

  • Ic wylle tó-dæg on ðínum húse wunian (tó wunianne,

      Lind.
    : tó wuniganne,
      Rush.
    manere),

      Lk. Skt. 19, 5.

  • Wunian on éðle,

    • Cd. Th. 294, 27
      • ;
    • Sat. 477.

  • Mid wuldorcyninge wunian,

    • 283, 30
      • ;
    • Sat. 312.

  • In worulde wunian,

    • Exon. Th. 51, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 819.

  • Wunian in wícum,

    • 316, 9
      • ;
    • Mód. 46.

  • Wunigan in wuldre mid weoroda God,

    • 22, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 347
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 25, 35.

  • Hé leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde,

      135, 22.

  • Hé on his módor bósme wunigende wæs,

      165, 18.

  • Wǽron ealle ða apostolas wunigende on ánre stówe,

      133, 15.
Grammar
wunian, with dat. (inst.)
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  • Hé wícum wunode,

    • Cd. Th. 108, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1812.

  • Abraham wunode éðeleardum Cananéa,

    • 116, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1945.

  • Wuna ðǽm ðé ágon

    abide with those own thee,

    • 138, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 2293.

  • Wícum wunian,

    • Beo. Th. 6158
      • ;
    • B. 3083.
Grammar
wunian, with acc.
to inhabit a place, live in or on
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  • Hé heánne beám wunaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 209, 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 172.

  • Ic íscealdne sǽ winter wunade,

    • 306, 29
      • ;
    • Seef. 15.

  • Ða ðe hleóleásan wíc hwíle wunedon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 262
      • ;
    • An. 131.

  • Wunian wíc unsýfre,

    • 2621
      • ;
    • An. 1310.

  • Wederburg wunian,

    • 3391
      • ;
    • An. 1699.

  • Seó ðe wunian sceolde cealde streámas,

    • Beo. Th. 2525
      • ;
    • B. 1260
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 280, 22
      • ;
    • Sat. 259: 282, 36
      • ;
    • Sat. 297.

  • Ic (the soul) ðé (the body) wunian sceolde,

    • Soul Kmbl. 86
      • ;
    • Seel. 43.
in figurative expressions
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  • Se fugel wunaþ wyllestreámas (bathes),

    • Exon. Th. 204, 29
      • ;
    • Ph. 105.

  • Wunian wælreste

    to lie dead,

    • 184, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 1342
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5796
      • ;
    • B. 2902
      • :

    to be buried,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1444
      • ;
    • El. 724.

  • Reste wunian

    to sleep,

    • Cd. Th. 223, 22
      • ;
    • Dan. 123
      • :
    • Rood Kmbl. 6; Kr. 3
      • .
to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,
Grammar
wunian, with prep. or adv.
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  • Þenden ic wunige on worulddreámum

    quamdiu ero,

      Ps. Th. 103, 31.

  • Seó sáwel ðe wunaþ on heofena ríces gefeán,

      Blickl. Homl. 57, 31.

  • Wunaþ hé on wiste, ne hine wiht dréfeþ,

    • Beo. Th. 3474
      • ;
    • B. 1735.

  • Ða menigo ðe wuniaþ on nearonédum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 202
      • ;
    • An. 101.

  • On fýrbæðe ðú wunodest,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1897
      • ;
    • El. 950.

  • Hé in yrmðum wunade,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 326
      • ;
    • An. 163.

  • Wé wunodon on wynnum,

    • Cd. Th. 279, 12
      • ;
    • Sat. 237.

  • Hí wunedon ætsomne,

      Met. 20, 243.

  • Wunian on écean wuldre,

      Blickl. Homl. 105, 1.

  • In wynnum wunian,

    • Cd. Th. 299, 26
      • ;
    • Sat. 556
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 140, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 604.

  • Wunian in wylme,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 933
      • ;
    • Sal, 466.

  • Adam wæs wunigende on ðisum lífe mid geswince,

      Homl. Th. i. 20; 6.
Grammar
wunian, with dat. (inst.)
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  • Hé wunaþ unlustum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 538
      • ;
    • Sal. 268.

  • Heó helltregum wunodon,

    • Cd. Th. 5, 19
      • ;
    • Gn. 74.

  • Eádig weorþan, wunian wyndagum,

    • Exon. Th. 330, 34
      • ;
    • Vy. 61.
Grammar
wunian, with noun or adj.
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  • Borhhond [hé] wunade

    fidejussu exstitit,

      Kent. Gl. 743.

  • Wunude

    extitit (praestantior),

      Hpt. Gl. 511, 60.

  • Ðæt ðú langlíf ofer eorðan wunie,

      Homl. Th. ii. 36, 2.

  • Ána lifgan, wineleás wunian,

    • Exon. Th. 344, 15
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 174.
to abide, be present with a person to comfort or help
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  • Ic ðé mid wunige,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 198
      • ;
    • An. 99
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 30, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 478.

  • God wunaþ on him

    est in ipsis Dominus,

      Num. 16, 3.
of things abstract or concrete, to be, rest, reside, remain,
in respect to locality, occupy a position
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  • Wunaþ

    morabitur,

      Kent. Gl. 481:

    commorabitur,

      540.
Grammar
wunian, with prep. or adv.
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  • Se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond,

    • Exon. Th. 203, 10
      • ;
    • Ph. 82.

  • Ðǽr se wísdóm wunaþ on gemyndum,

      Met. 7, 39.

  • Lyft on niiddum wunaþ,

      20, 79.

  • Mid ðam wítegendlícum gáste ðe on ðé wunaþ,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 282
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 56, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 908.

  • Wæter ðe wuniaþ gyt under fæstenne folca hrófes,

    • 10, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 152.

  • Eorðe and wæter wuniaþ on fýre,

      Met. 20, 148.

  • Beorh wunode on wonge,

    • Beo. Th. 4476
      • ;
    • B. 2242.

  • Se monlíca stille wunode, ðǽr hié begeat wíte,

    • Cd. Th. 155, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2567.

  • Egesa on hreóstum wunode,

    • 173, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2866.

  • Treów on ðé wunade,

    • Exon. Th. 6, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 83: 126, 4
      • ;
    • Gú. 366.

  • Hwæþer him yfel ðe gód under wunige,

    • 82, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1333.

  • Þéh mín líchama on niðerdǽlum eorðan wunige,

      Ps. Th. 138, 13.

  • Saga mé hwǽr seó ród wunige,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1244
      • ;
    • El. 624.

  • Tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte,

    • Blickl. Homl. 19, 8
      • :
    • 111, 5.

  • Ǽnigne dǽl secgas geségon on sele wunian,

    • Beo. Th. 6248
      • ;
    • B. 3128.

  • Geweoton hí mearcland tredan, forlǽton moldern wunigean, open eorðscræfu,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1605
      • ;
    • An. 803.

  • Lazarus, ðe Crist áwehte ðý feorþan dæge ðæs ðe hé on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende,

      Blickl. Homl. 75, 5.
Grammar
wunian, with acc.
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  • Ðæt treów sceolde wésten wunian,

    • Cd. Th. 251, 5
      • ;
    • Dan. 559.

  • Hine gærsbedd sceal wunian,

      Ps. Th. 102, 15.
of state or, circumstance
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  • Inc sceal sealt wæter wunian on gewealde,

    • Cd. Th. 13, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 199.

  • Ðá ðá ðis ígland wæs wunigende on sibbe,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 148,
to consist of or in, subsist, exist.
Similar entries
v. wunung, III
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  • On wordum Godes ríce ne wunaþ, ac on ánwylnysse ðæs hálgan geleáfan,

    • Guth. prol.
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 2, 15.

  • Ðeós lyft ys án ðæra feówer gesceafta, ðe ǽlc líchamlíc ðing on wunaþ. Feówer gesceafta synd, ðe ealle eorðlíce líchaman on wuniaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 272, 11-13.

  • Ða hálgan þrynnysse on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 216: 16, 1.

  • Nis ná se Hálga Gást wunigende on his gecynde swá swá hé gesewen wæs, for ðan ðe hé is ungesewenlíc,

      Homl. Th. i. 322, 17.

  • Him (man) is gemǽne mid stánum ðæt hé beó wunigende; him is gemǽne mid treówum ðæt hé lybbe,

      302, 20.

  • Hí nǽron ǽfre wunigende, ac God hí gesceóp,

      276, 15.

  • God is þurh hine sylfne wunigende,

      ii. 236, 18.
where there is permanence, continuity, to remain, last, continue, endure
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  • Ðú wunast

    tu permanebis,

      Ps. Th. 101, 23.

  • Ðú on écnesse wunast

    tu in aeternum permanes,

    • 101, 10
      • :
    • 92, 3.

  • Ðǽr nóht elles ne wunaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 101, 5.

  • Ðínne naman ðe wunaþ on ealra worlda world,

    • 143, 31
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 111, 8.

  • Seó ðe ǽfre wæs and eác nú wunaþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 217.

  • Þenden ðǽr wunaþ húsa sélest,

    • Beo. Th. 574
      • ;
    • B. 284.

  • Swá hwylc swá on elne óþ his ende wunaþ, se bid hál,

    • Blickl. Homl. 171, 26
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 502, 21.

  • Ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte,

      i. 110, 29.

  • Wuniaþ ða wácran,

    • Exon. Th. 311, 4
      • ;
    • Seef. 87.

  • Gif hé wunode ofer middæg

    if he continued to live past noon,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3. 595.

  • Lucia on ðære ylcan stówe wunode ðe heó ofslagen wæs

    Lucia remained lying in the same place that she was struck down,

      9, 146.

  • Se snáw leng ne wunede ðonne áne tíde,

      Nar. 23, 21.

  • Hí wunedun (wéren wungiende mansissent,

      Lind.
    ) óð ðysne dæg,

      Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23.

  • Ðæt hió ne wunian on worldlífe

    ita ut non sint,

      Ps. Th. 103, 33.

  • Herenes Drihtnes hér sceal wunian on worulda woruld

    laudatio ejus manet in seculum seculi,

      110, 8: 118, 44, 91.

  • Hæfð hé ðæt gewrixle geset ðe nú wunian sceal,

      Met. 11, 56.

  • On sáre his líchoma sceal hér wunian,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 1
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 7, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 103.

  • Eallum rihtgelýfdum mannum wunigendum for his noman,

      Blickl. Homl. 171, 14.
with a complementary word or phrase
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  • Heó wæs fǽmne ǽr hire beorþre, and heó wunaþ fǽmne æfter hire beorþre,

      Blickl. Homl. 155, 33.

  • Ðú unstilla gesceafta ástyrest and ðé self wunast swíðe stille,

      Met. 20, 16.

  • God ána unáwendendlíc wunaþ,

    • Bt. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 166, 9.

  • Gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded, þenden woruld stondeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 210, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 181.

  • Hió dumb wunaþ,

    • 414, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 16.

  • Heó wæs mid twám werum and swá ðeáh wunode mǽden,

      Homl. Skt. i. 20, 3.

  • Se hearda hyge hálig wunode,

    • Exon. Th. 135, 1
      • ;
    • Gu. 517.

  • Hí ðágyt hǽðene wunodon,

      Homl. Th. ii. 502, 23.

  • Is sǽd of ðære tíde ðe hí þanon gewiton óþ tódæge ðæt ðæt land wéste wunige

    (manere desertus perhibetur),

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 27.

  • Ðis ungefremed wunie,

    • L. Ath. i. proem.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 198, 13.

  • Hé hét wunian wyrtruman eorðan fæstne,

    • Cd. Th. 248, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 516.

  • Sceal lufu uncer wǽrfæst wunian,

    • Exon. Th. 173, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 1163.

  • Abrames wíf wæs ðágit wuniende bútan cildum

    she remained still childless,

      Gen. 16, 1.
to be wont
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  • Ic gewunige soleo, wunigende

    solens,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 41
      • ;
    • Zup. 247, 5.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. wunian
:
A. R. Kath. wunien
:
Laym. wunien, wonien
:
Orm. wunenn
:
Gen. and Ex. wunen
:
Ayenb. wonie
:
Chauc. Piers P. Wick. wone
:
O. Sax. wonón, wunón
:
O. Frs. wona, wuna
:
O. H. Ger. wonén habitare, morari, conversari, manere, solere.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, on-, þurh-wunian; án-, dryht-, weorold-wuniende.
Linked entries
v.  wunung wynian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wunian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36878.

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