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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FORWANDERT, ppl.adj. Also -ed, fore-. Weary with wandering or straying. Obs. in Eng. c.1600. Also lost, bewildered. Now mostly liter.Sc. 1890 G. A. Smith Isaiah II. 254:
Among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel.Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lochinvar iv.:
Do not stand there fixed and forwandered in the midst of the floor.Kcb. 1909 Crockett Rose of the Wilderness iii.:
It was only a storm-forwandered bird attracted by the light.Knr. 1925 “H. Haliburton” Horace 248:
Frae heaven forwander't far its lane, Was greetin' to win back again.m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood x.:
I was like a wean forwandered among bogles.