forwander

English

Etymology

From Middle English forwandrien, equivalent to for- + wander.

Verb

forwander (third-person singular simple present forwanders, present participle forwandering, simple past and past participle forwandered)

  1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
    • 2009, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:
      Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.
    • 1897, Sir George Adam Smith, The book of Isaiah:
      [...] His courage, His purity, His meekness; His daily wakefulness to God's voice, the swiftness and brilliance of His speech for others, His silence under His own torments; His resorts—among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel, [...]

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