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wayfare.

Travel, journeying.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/

  1. Travel, journeying.

    archaic · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/

  1. To make a journey; to travel.

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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