Middle English Dictionary Entry
walker(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | walker(e n.(1) |
| Etymology | From walken v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A traveler, wanderer; also fig. and in fig. contexts; also, one who goes on foot; night ~, one who walks about at night in violation of the law.
Associated quotations
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)10.102 : Walkers…walken A-bouten From Religion to Religion, Recheles ben þei euere.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)94/4 : Þe desier of soulis in blis is to se and biholden my worschip fulfillid in ȝou þat ȝit ben walkers in þe weye.
- (1447-8) Shillingford90 : Their servantes…beth nyghte walkers, riators, and brekers of the pes.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.224 : He þat on his feet may goon…Till þat he fynde þat forþer is no way, Þat man a myghti walkere wilt þou deme.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)9 : Ther of certeyn hauen gret neede alle pilgrimes and alle walkers that passen bi this eerthe.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)89 : Þus about þey gon, & godes folke by-traieþ…Powell…seyde of swich folk þat so aboute wente, ‘Wepyng, y warne ȝow of walkers aboute.’