Forwander

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To wander until weary; wander far and wide. UK, dialectal, intransitive

    "Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest."

  2. 2
    To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary. UK, dialectal, transitive

    "[…] 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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"Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest."

Etymology

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

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