wayfaring

English

Alternative forms
  • waifaring (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English weġfarende, weġfērende (“wayfaring”), equvialent to way +‎ faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare.

Adjective

wayfaring (not comparable)

  1. Travelling, especially on foot.
  2. Peripatetic.

Noun

wayfaring (countable and uncountable, plural wayfarings)

  1. Travel, especially on foot.

Verb

wayfaring

  1. present participle of wayfare
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