Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To make a journey; to travel.

Origin

From Middle English weyfaren, originally in participle form weyfarand, from Old English we

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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Forms

wayfares, wayfaring, wayfore, wayfaren
Base formwayfare · to wayfare
3rd person singularwayfares
Present participlewayfaring
Past simplewayfore / wayfared
Past participlewayfaren / wayfared

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywayfare
he, she, itwayfares

Past simpleLesson

all personswayfore

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wayfaren
he, she, ithas wayfaren

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wayfare

Word family

2 related words
Relatedwayfarerwayfaring

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wayA1waylaywaysideC1waywardC2
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