different between abode vs shelter

English

Alternative forms

• abood (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??bo?d/, [???bo??d??]
• Rhymes: -??d

Etymology 1

From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English ?b?d, first person past singular indicative of ?b?dan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17^th century.]
2. (dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18^th century.]
3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:abode

Translations

Verb

abode

2. simple past tense and past participle of abide

Etymology 2

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

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

1. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling. [Attested from the late 16^th century to the late 17^th century.]

Translations

Verb

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. [Attested from the late 16^th century to the mid 17^th century.]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous. [Attested from the mid 17^th century to the late 17^th century.]

Derived terms

See also

• dwelling

References

Anagrams

• EABOD, adobe, boaed

English

Etymology

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English s?ildtruma, s?yldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from s?yld, s?ield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???lt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???lt?/
• Rhymes: -?lt?(r)

Noun

shelter (plural shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
2. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)

1. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
   • 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton

     Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.

2. (intransitive) To take cover.

   During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, helters, three Ls