Middle English Dictionary Entry
wandring(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | wandring(e ger. Also wondringe, wonduring, (error) wrandryng. |
| Etymology | From wandren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Roving, wandering; traveling, journeying; ~ bi the wei;
(b) wandering in exile [quot. ?a1425]; also, ?exile, involuntary relocation [quots. could also be construed as (f)];
(c) moving about restlessly, fidgeting;
(d) fig. a departure from the path upon which one should be traveling, moral or intellectual straying; ~ of minde (wille);
(e) as a term of association for tinkers;
(f) restlessness, anxiety, distress;—prob. influenced by (or error for) wand-reth n.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.467 : At Rome she hadde been and at Boloyne, In Galice at Seint Iame and at Coloyne; She koude muche of wandrynge [vr. wrandryng] by the weye.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.7 : I was weori of wandringe and wente me to reste Vndur a brod banke bi a Bourne syde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)515 : Wanderynge [Win: Wanderyng]: Vagacio.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)5787 : Moyses…sai þat i haue herd þaim wel, þai er in wandring [Vsp: wandret] and in wa.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)528 : To hyr he gat a messynger, To schewe hyr all hys wandrynges sere, Howe he was fallyn to mysese slike, Chatyfe becommen no noþer man lyke.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)791 : Thou haste betrayed my lorde, Thou schalt haue wonduryng in þys worde.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27242 : Þe preist agh spere al wit resun o…dine in chapitil, wandring in quere, vn-boandnes a-bote þe autere.
d
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27793 : O suernes cums…vnnait talckhing, Vnstedfastnes, o will wandring.
- 1530(c1450) Mirror Our Lady (Fawkes)43 : For he that is lyght harted, & vayne of condicyons, nedeth in this case to vse his mynde bysely in thoughtes of drede of hys deth…beholdynge therwyth what pareyl he stondyth in yf he contynew rechelesly in suche wandryng of mynde vnto his deth.
e
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A wondrynge of tynkers.
f
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)257 : Thou with wandrynge and woo schalte wake for thi gudes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1350 A wayle whyt (Hrl 2253)40 : You telle, in such wondring for wo y welle, nys no fur so hot in helle, al to mon, þat louetþ derne ant dar nout telle whet him ys on.
Note: Antedates sense (f).--per MM
Note: Needed for form. Tweak first form in form section: Also wondring(e.--per MLL.