wayfaring

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

adjective waifaring

not comparable Travelling, especially on foot. If a traveller, emancipating himself slowly from the endless suburbs, and smoke, and din of dirty Wolstanstone (corrupted into Wolstone), a manufacturing town not in the South of England, proceed westward, he enters into a region of peace and rural beauty, refreshing as the vision of Beatrice was to
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noun wayfarings · waifaring

countable, uncountable Travel, especially on foot.

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verb waifaring

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of wayfare

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@misc{wayfaring_2026,
  title = {wayfaring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wayfaring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}