Wone vs Wote - What's the difference?

As a noun wone

is (obsolete|or|archaic|poetic) a dwelling or wone can be (obsolete|poetic) a house, home, habitation or wone can be custom, habit, practice.

As a verb wone

is (obsolete|or|archaic|dialectal) to live, reside, stay.

As a preposition wote is

used before (l).

wone

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

Alternative forms

* won, wonne

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete, or, archaic, poetic) A dwelling.

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), '', Volume 2, vii:20 (''see also xii:11)

What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold

So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye?

Or where hast thou thy wonne , that so much gold

Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?

* 1748 , , I:XXXVII

On the cool height awhile out Palmers ?tay,

And ?pite even of them?elves their Sen?es chear;

Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ?teer.

Verb

(won)

(obsolete, or, archaic, dialectal) To live, reside, stay.

* 1885 , , The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 17

Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned.

* 1596 , '', Volume 2, iii:18 (''see also i:51, vii:49, ix:52, and xii:69)

For now the best and noblest knight alive

Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond;

He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.

Etymology 2

Southern variant of .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

custom, habit, practice

use, usage

Synonyms

* (l)

Anagrams

* (l), (l), (l) ----

wote

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)

Winners]] Of Tonight's [[event, Event

"Tonight the WOTE team dominated the opposition at dodgeball."

Usage notes

WOTE is commonly used as a team name in recreational sports leagues.