"wayfare" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English weyfaren, originally in participle form weyfarand, from Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), Swedish vägfarande, German wegfahren (“to drive away”), Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”). More at way, fare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|weyfaren}} Middle English weyfaren, {{m|enm|weyfarand}} weyfarand, {{der|en|ang|weġfarende||wayfaring}} Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), {{compound|en|way|faring}} way + faring, {{cog|da|vejfarende||wayfaring}} Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), {{cog|sv|vägfarande|}} Swedish vägfarande, {{cog|de|wegfahren||to drive away}} German wegfahren (“to drive away”), {{cog|is|vegfarandi||wayfaring}} Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”), {{l|en|way}} way, {{l|en|fare}} fare Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wayfare (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) Travel, journeying. Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wayfare-en-noun-4npJdnQT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Verb

IPA: /ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/ Forms: wayfares [present, singular, third-person], wayfaring [participle, present], wayfore [past], wayfared [past], wayfaren [participle, past], wayfared [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English weyfaren, originally in participle form weyfarand, from Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), Swedish vägfarande, German wegfahren (“to drive away”), Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”). More at way, fare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|weyfaren}} Middle English weyfaren, {{m|enm|weyfarand}} weyfarand, {{der|en|ang|weġfarende||wayfaring}} Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), {{compound|en|way|faring}} way + faring, {{cog|da|vejfarende||wayfaring}} Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), {{cog|sv|vägfarande|}} Swedish vägfarande, {{cog|de|wegfahren||to drive away}} German wegfahren (“to drive away”), {{cog|is|vegfarandi||wayfaring}} Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”), {{l|en|way}} way, {{l|en|fare}} fare Head templates: {{en-verb|wayfares|wayfaring|wayfore|wayfaren|past2=wayfared|past_ptc2=wayfared}} wayfare (third-person singular simple present wayfares, present participle wayfaring, simple past wayfore or wayfared, past participle wayfaren or wayfared)
  1. (intransitive, archaic) To make a journey; to travel. Tags: archaic, intransitive Related terms: wayfarer, wayfaring
    Sense id: en-wayfare-en-verb-ODbfmQkq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wayfare meaning in English (5.1kB)

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