单词 | wayfare |
释义 | wayfaren. Now archaic and rare. 1. a. Wayfaring, travelling. Also figurative.With quot. c1450, cf. wayfaring man n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] yongc950 gangOE goinga1250 walka1300 journeyingc1330 travela1400 progressionc1450 wayfarec1450 travelling1489 wayfaring1536 gate-going?1555 thorough-faring?1575 faring1594 fidging1604 voyaging1611 voyage1626 winning1651 locomotion1759 itinerating1770 passing1821 trekking1850 trooping1888 c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 6 Hit be-houyth ous to..for-sake the hye weye, ryght as dothe a weyfare man that ys fastyng and feble. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxx. 328 Their [sc. ants'] waifare is so ordinarie and continuall, that wee may see the very hard flint and pebble stones worne with their passage too and fro. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 780 The heavie Load Of Cares and Crosses (in a thousand things) Which this, our wretched, sad, short, Way-fare brings. 1793 H. A. Selby Fruits of Retirement 141 All journeying onward through the self-same road, Towards a final, and a fixt abode..And in our wayfare, destin'd all to know Pain, sickness, grief, anxiety, and woe. 1850 S. T. Dobell in Athenæum 23 Nov. 1216/1 I..entered on my wayfare when I saw Gold on the ground and glory in the trees. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. i. 4 On the fourth day he made ready for wayfare. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 186 O Circe, and what helmsman for my wayfare shall I get? 1908 F. W. Bourdillon Preludes & Romances 73 How shall Achœans [sic] bear thy captaining In wayfare or in warfare any more? 1994 I. Heskes Passport to Jewish Music xxxiv. 329 Those vernaculars were spoken at home and in the wayfare of everyday communal life. b. poetic. Guidance in travel. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] conductc1290 safe conduct?a1400 guidance1590 direction1596 wayfare1876 1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 228 Me..my mother's word well worshipped hither drave, The nymph Carmentis; and a god, Apollo, wayfare gave. 1960 A. Clarke Later Poems (1961) 26 We gave praise to that sky-woman For wayfare and a vision shown At night to harmless men. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money > for journey wayfare1577 viaticum1594 viatic1641 travel allowance1835 taxi fare1910 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus iv. xxv, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 480 They mighte..haue the reuerende Crosse for theyr wayefare to safeconduyte them into a better soyle. 1578 G. Martin Treat. Schisme sig. Fiii Because they were wont also sumere viaticum, to take their wayfare the blessed Sacrament. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. lii. 464 A noble Lady..named Busa, relieved them with some victuall, apparrell, yea and mony also in their purses for their wayfare [L. viatico]. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xv. 14 Thou shalt in no case suffer him to depart emptie: but geve him his wayfare [L. viaticum] of thy flockes, and of thy barne floore, and thy presse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wayfarev. Now archaic and rare. intransitive. To travel, esp. on foot. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. Pivv Whiles I here wayfared a straunger. 1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers sig. Diiij Most louing Father,..harken to the prayers of thy seruants, yet wayfaring here on earth. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 427 Abraham, Isaac and Iacob wayfared from place to place vpon the earth. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 474 A certaine Laconian as he way-fared, came unto a place where there dwelt an olde friend and host of his. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 141 Not jading it in the great road of bare motion, which other stirr'd bodies are wayfaring in. 1717 E. Fenton Poems 95 Way-faring thus, One journeying obvious will mis-name that Oar A Corn Van. 1818 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 142 I hope soon to be writing you about the things of the north, purposing to wayfare all over those parts. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 23 He is but a stranger wayfaring upon earth. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 135 Along through the Stour-bordered Forum, Where Legions had wayfared. 1913 Living Age 6 Dec. 599/1 Between them..was the knowledge that they were wayfaring together, sure of the goal ahead. 2003 C. Walters Glass Mountain xvi. 140 Put that very excellent blanket over ya head at least till we've wayfared round the next coupla bends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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