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A usual habit or way of behaving. Old English “gewunod”=accustomed, used to, or familiar with < “wunian”=to be accustomed, remain, dwell < Old Germanic “*wun.”
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A usual habit or way of behaving. Old English “gewunod”=accustomed, used to, or familiar with < “wunian”=to be accustomed, remain, dwell < Old Germanic “*wun.”