Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (2)
1. to live, dwell, reside; 2. to stay, remain; to be, exist, continue (in certain conditions or circumstances); 3. to be used to, be wont to; to be accustomed to
Etymology
[Mod E WONE arch (cf Mod E WONT a “accustomed” ← OE ȝewunod – p.p. of the v wunian) ← Prot-Germ *wunēn; Goth *wunan (attested in the form of pres.p. un-wunands “distressed, worried, concerned”); O Fris wunia, wonia; O Sax wonon, wunon; Dt wonen; OHG wonēn (Mod G wohnen “to live, reside, dwell”; gewöhnen “to get used to; to accustom oneself to”); Icel una “to live, dwell, abide; to stay, linger”]
Paradigm
4.2.2. - 2nd class weak verbs
The second class of the weak verbs is marked by the presence of the Prot-Germ suffix *-ō-, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon in the form of short vowel -o- of the past tense suffix: macode (made); lufode (loved), etc.
| II class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to look (at); to see | lócian, lóciȝan | lócode |
| to love | lufian | lufode |
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