To roll, toss, toss about; also in fig. context; also, well up; also, fig. roll (sth.) in the mind, consider [1st quot.]; ~ abouten; ~ after, surge forward.

(a) To wander; travel, journey; also fig.;—also refl.; ~ abouten; (b) ppl. walkinge as adj.: traveling, wandering; also, given to roaming about [1st quot.]; (c) to traverse (a forest, land, etc.), travel through; also, travel (a road); (d) ~ a dai journei, to go on a day’s journey; ~ pilgrimage, wander; (e) in generalizing expressions: in everi place wher ich walke, wher-so (wher that ever) ich walke, wherever I go; wher-so thou walkest, wher ye walken, wherever you go; wher that thou walke wake or slepe, wherever you are; whether we sitten walken or stonden, whatever we do; (f) ppl. walked, used for forwalked ppl., in elliptical phrase: forwandred and walked, weary with wandering and walking.

To proceed, go; depart; also fig.; ~ forth; gon ~; ~ wei, ~ wei (weies) forth, etc., set out, go forth; go away.

(a) To go on foot, walk; also fig. and in fig. context;—also refl.; of a snake: move about under its own power; ~ on fot; comen (gon, yede) walkinge; ben (ben gon) walked; ~ on fot and on honde, go about on all fours [quot. a1425 By a forest]; (b) to go at a walking pace on foot or on horseback; (c) to pace; pace nervously; also, pace (a room) [1st quot.]; ~ to and fro (up and doun).

(a) To walk for the purpose of recreation, exercise, or solitude, take a walk, stroll; ~ to and fro (up and doun); ben walked; (b) to walk for the purpose of hunting; also, walk through (a forest) for the purpose of hunting [last quot.]; ~ in-to, fig. look into (a matter), pursue; (c) to process through a town as part of a civic observance; (d) to go about for the purpose of collecting money from the members of a guild.

(a) Of a rider: to ride; of a cart: advance, move; comen ~; (b) of a spirit of the dead: to move about on earth; ~ abouten (to and fro).

(a) To be in motion; also [last quot.], pursue motion along (a course);—used in fig. context; (b) of a pathological condition: to move about on or within the body; ppl. walkinge, moving about; also, of an ulcer: ?creeping or serpiginous.

Of a period of time: to elapse.

(a) To be abroad, go about outdoors; also, be active; ~ abouten; (b) ~ at large (liberte), to go about freely or widely; be able to move about with ease or freedom; also fig.; (c) to be well-known, be the center of public attention, circulate; also, circulate through (a land) [quot. a1425]; ~ wide; ~ in moneie, of coined silver: circulate; (d) fig. of treason, sorrow, prosperity, etc.: to be abroad, be at work, be rife; also, be at work (in a certain direction), work (toward a certain result) [quot. a1464]; ~ wide (in lond, etc.).

(a) To live; be on earth;—also refl.; also, exist [quot. c1390]; ~ here (in erthe, in this world, etc.); (b) of resurrected dead: to live, be alive; (c) to be present, be in a certain place; (d) to have an abode (in the forest, with wild animals, in heaven, etc.), dwell; also in fig. context; (e) ~ amonges (with), to be with (sb.), keep company with; also, fig. be comfortable with (spiritual matters); (f) ppl. walkinge teeming; (g) with selected phrases indicating a state in which one lives: ~ as…as, to be as (fresh) as (a flower); ~ in, be in a state of (well-being, insanity, etc.); ~ with, have (an emotion, a heavy heart); hevi ~ over lond, sad, unhappy.

(a) To pass (from one state to another), go; also, become (mad); (b) ~ to armes, to take to arms; ~ in-to (to) werre, go to war.

In uses pertaining to the conduct of one’s life, usu. with fig. allusion to the physical act of walking: (a) to behave, act, or live in a certain manner; also, live in accordance with (God’s will) [quot. a1325]; (b) to persist or struggle (on a difficult course of life); also, persist along or endure (a difficult course of life); (c) in metaphors of light and darkness as symbolic of good and evil or of enlightenment and ignorance: to conduct one’s life; (d) ~ with god (jesu, etc.), to lead a godly life.

To go about some business; ~ abouten (for, on), be busy (about sth.), be concerned.

In surnames.