† wavengern.

Forms: Middle English–1500s vau-, 1500s wauengeour, 1800s waffinger, whiffinger, waifinger.

Etymology: Apparently < waif n.¹ after messenger, passenger, scavenger, etc.

Scottish and northern. Obsolete.

1. Scottish. A vagabond. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

1493 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) II. 235/1 To causs idill men vauengeouris to laubour for þair leuing.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 17 [Shall it be] lefull till a wauengeour strangeir Me and my realm betrump on this maneir.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 99 Follow me Quham now ȝon vauengeour, ȝon ilk stranger, Affrays so.

2. dialect. A stray animal, estray.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > pet > stray

stray1498

estray1594

wavenger1825

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Waifinger, an estray.

a1864 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Waifinger, stray cattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	wavenger
释义	† wavengern. Forms: Middle English–1500s vau-, 1500s wauengeour, 1800s waffinger, whiffinger, waifinger. Etymology: Apparently < waif n.¹ after messenger, passenger, scavenger, etc. Scottish and northern. Obsolete. 1. Scottish. A vagabond. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1493 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) II. 235/1 To causs idill men vauengeouris to laubour for þair leuing. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 17 [Shall it be] lefull till a wauengeour strangeir Me and my realm betrump on this maneir. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. v. 99 Follow me Quham now ȝon vauengeour, ȝon ilk stranger, Affrays so. 2. dialect. A stray animal, estray. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > pet > stray stray1498 estray1594 wavenger1825 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Waifinger, an estray. a1864 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Waifinger, stray cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1493
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