arch. Also 4 wonere, wonyer. [f. WON v. + -ER1. Cf. G. bewohner, einwohner.] A dweller, an inhabitant.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, Song of Moses, 506. All þe woners of chanaan wex starke.
1382. Wyclif, Ps. cxviii[i]. 19. A comeling wonere I am in the erthe.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 33. Þat is nouȝt plesynge to God, þat graunted þe place to þe olde wonyer.
a. 1513. Fabyan, Chron., VI. cxcvi. (1811), 201. Wonner [citing Trevisa].
1885. Jean Ingelow, Sleep of Sigismund, xxvii.
| Now the shy wood-wonners steal | |
| Nearer, bright-eyed furry things. |
