arch. [f. WAY sb.1 + FARE sb., after WAYFARING a.]
1. Wayfaring, travelling. Also fig.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1797. He … Wroghte wayes fulle wyde, and wounded knyghttez; Wyrkez his in wayfare fulle werkand sydez, And hewes of þe hardieste halsez in sondyre.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XI. xxx. I. 328. Their [sc. ants’] waifare is so ordinarie and continuall, that wee may see the very hard flint and pebble stones worne with their passage too and fro.
1614. Sylvester, Little Bartas, 714. The heavy load Of Cares and Crosses (in a thousand things) Which this our wretched, sad, short, Way-fare brings.
1850. S. Dobell, Crazed, 24. I … entered on my wayfare when I saw Gold on the ground and glory in the trees.
1886. Burton, Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.), I. 4. On the fourth day he made ready for wayfare.
1887. Morris, Odyss., X. 501. O Circe, and what helmsman for my wayfare shall I get?
b. Guidance in travel. rare–1.
1875. Morris, Æneids, VIII. 336. Me … my mother’s word well worshipped hither drave, The nymph Carmentis; and a god, Apollo, wayfare gave.
† 2. Provision for a journey, travelling expenses. [tr. L. viaticum]. Obs.
1600. Holland, Livy, XXII. lii. 464. A noble Lady … named Busa, relieved them with some victuall, apparrell, yea and mony also in their purses for their wayfare.
1609. Bible (Douay), Deut. xv. 14. Thou shalt in no case suffer him to depart emptie: but geve him his wayfare of thy flockes, and of thy barne floore, and thy presse.
