Bewander

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To wander around or about; roam. intransitive

    "Or 'twas wont to be so, / Just a few years ago, / At the time when Jack used to bewander to know, / That a Corporal's Guard Left the Old Barrack […]"

Example

More examples

"Or 'twas wont to be so, / Just a few years ago, / At the time when Jack used to bewander to know, / That a Corporal's Guard Left the Old Barrack […]"

Etymology

From be- (“around, about”) + wander. Compare Saterland Frisian bewonderje, Middle Dutch bewanderen, German bewandern.

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