forˈwander, v. Obs. exc. arch. or Sc.
[f. for- prefix1 + wander.]
intr. To weary oneself with wandering; to wander far and wide. Hence forˈwandered ppl. a.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 739 He..forwandreþ in wo & wakeþ..on niȝtes. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. Prol. 7, I was wery for⁓wandred and went me to reste. 1563 Sackville Mirr. Mag., Buckingham lxxiv, All forsake..forwandred in despayer. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 34 A wearie wight for⁓wandring by the way. 1890 G. A. Smith Isaiah II. xvi. 254 Among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel. 1894 Crockett Raiders 158 A poor lost forwandered lad. |