forwanderv.
Obsolete exc. archaic or Scottish.
intransitive. To weary oneself with wandering; to wander far and wide.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > weary oneself with
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 739 He..forwandreþ in wo & wakeþ..on niȝtes.
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham lxxiv All forsake..forwandred in despayer.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F4 A weary wight forwandring by the way.
1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xvi. 254 Among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel.
Derivatives
forˈwandered adj.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > wearied with wandering
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > wandering far > wandered far
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 7 I was wery for~wandred and went me to reste.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 158 A poor lost forwandered lad.
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