wayfaring

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For the elder was known as the wayfaring tree and was sacred to pilgrims and travellers.

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  1. noun Traveling, especially on foot.

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  • O the Hope of Israel, and the Saviour thereof, be not as a wayfaring man, that turneth aside for a night. —  The Power of Faith
  • Yes, it is not only possible, but conscience confesses that it is too sadly a fault with all of us, that we suffer him to be as a wayfaring man tarrying but for a night. —  Latest Articles
  • 'Why shouldst Thou be as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?' —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
  • Your thought may come in as a wayfaring man, but tarrieth not all night, dwelleth not. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • The language is plain Saxton language, from which 'the men on the wall' can easily gather what it most concerns them to know Again, the range of thought is not high and difficult, but level and easy for the wayfaring man to follow. —  Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850
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  1. From Middle English waifaringe, journeying, from Old English wegfarende : weg, way; see way + farende, present participle of faran, to go on a journey; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also waifaring; from Middle English wayferande, also weyverinde, wayverinde, wayfaring, from Anglo-Saxon wegfarende (=Icelandic vegfarandi, etc.), also wegfērend, wayfaring: see wayfare, v.
 

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