abode

Act of waiting; delay.

Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.

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[…]

You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.

A residence, dwelling or habitation.

of no fixed abode

Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.

An omen; a foretelling.

High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.

To bode; to foreshow; to presage.

The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time

To be ominous.