Etymology: Middle English wune , wōne , aphetic < i-wune n., Old English gewuna = Old Saxon giwono (Middle Dutch ghewone , Middle Dutch, (Middle) Low German wone ), Old High German giwona (Middle High German gewon(e) , related to Middle High German gewan , Old Norse vane , which represent another grade: < Germanic ga- y- prefix + wun- , won v.

Etymology: Midland and Southern variant (with /ɔː/) of wane n.², which is probably < Old Norse ván hope, expectation, and therefore identical with wone n.³ The germ of the sense of ‘dwelling-place’ is to be seen in Old Norse examples such as þá er allar vánir vóru rannsakaðar when all the ‘expected places’ (places where it might be expected to be) were searched; compare Norwegian von place where one expects to find something, fishing-place, hunting-ground. Association with won v. assisted the establishing and further development of the sense in Middle English; compare also wone n.¹ II. The allocation of meaning in particular instances is often doubtful.

Etymology: Middle English wǭn , apparently < Old Norse ván (see wone n.²), but the earliest form with prefixed i- (y- prefix), viz. i-won n., is remarkable in a word of Scandinavian origin.

Etymology: Old English gewuna = Old Saxon giwono (Middle Dutch ghewône , Dutch giwoon ), Old High German giwon : < ge- , y- prefix + wun- , won v.

Etymology: Old English wánian = Old Frisian wênia , Middle Low German wênen , Old High German weinôn (Middle High German, German weinen ), Old Norse veina < Old Germanic *wainōjan , < wai- woe int., adv., n., and adj.