wunung

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿunung

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunungō, equivalent to wunian +‎ -ung. Cognate with Old Saxon wonunga, Old High German wonunga.

Noun

wunung f

dwelling, living.
A dwelling, habitation, place to live in; where one wones.
being, existence, living.

Declension

Declension of wunung (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wunung	wununga, wununge
accusative	wununge	wununga, wununge
genitive	wununge	wununga
dative	wununge	wunungum

Derived terms

inwunung
midwunung
onwunung
samodwunung
þurhwunung

Descendants

Middle English: wunnunge, wuning, woning
- English: woning
- Scots: wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn

References

wunung in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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