wegfarende

Old English

Etymology

From weġ (“way”) +‎ farende (“travelling”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwejˌfɑ.ren.de/

Adjective

weġfarende

1. wayfaring
2. (substantive) a wayfarer
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þæt sǣd þe fēoll bē ðām weġe mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðāðā weġferende hit fortrǣdon, and fugelas tōbǣron.

     The seed that fell by the way perished to a double injury, when the wayfarer tread upon it and when the birds carried it away.

Descendants

• English: wayfaring

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “weg-farende”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.