abode

Etymology 1

From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.

noun

1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
   Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii
2. (dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
   During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] 1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
   You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, →OCLC, page 289
3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
   of no fixed abode
   Come let me lead you to our poor Abode. 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: s.n., →OCLC, page 236

verb

1. simple past and past participle of abide
   The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall.... 1898, Henry James, In the Cage

Etymology 2

From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).

noun

1. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
   High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes. 1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, →OCLC, page 6

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
   The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act 5, scene 6
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.