wayfare

Noun

(uncountable)

(archaic) Travel, journeying.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present wayfares, present participle wayfaring, simple past wayfore or wayfared, past participle wayfaren or wayfared)

(intransitive, archaic) To travel; make a journey.

Related terms

wayfarer
wayfaring

Origin

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, Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”). More at way, fare.