abode

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Etymology 1

From Old English abad, abood, from abiden (“to abide”). See abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imp. of abide.

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
      Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
  2. (uncommon outside fixed expressions) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
  3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
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Translations
obsolete: act of waiting
  • Dutch: wachten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: viivytys fi(fi)
  • German: verweile de(de), warten de(de)
  • Russian: задержка ru(ru) (zad'éržka) f., промедление ru(ru) (prom'edl'énije) n.
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
  • Bulgarian: местопребиваване bg(bg)
  • Dutch: verblijf nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: oleskelu fi(fi)
slightly dated: residence
  • Bulgarian: жилище bg(bg)
  • Dutch: woonst nl(nl), verblijf nl(nl)
  • Finnish: asunto fi(fi)
  • German: Bleibe de(de) f.
  • Polish: miejsce zamieszkania n., siedziba f.
  • Russian: жилище ru(ru) (žilíš'e) n., обиталище ru(ru) (obitáliš'e) n., обитель ru(ru) (obít'el') f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh gd(gd) f.
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  • French: demeure
  • Vietnamese: nơi ở, sự ở lại, sự lưu lại

Verb

abode

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of abide.

Etymology 2

From a- + bode

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) An omen.
    • High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman

Verb

to abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)

  1. (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
  2. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous.
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