Wander

won′dėr, v.i. to ramble with no definite object: ( lit. or fig. ) to go astray: to leave home; to depart from the subject: to be delirious: ( coll. ) to lose one's way.— v.t. to traverse: ( coll. ) to lead astray.— n. Wan′derer .— adj. Wan′dering .— adv. Wan′deringly , in a wandering, uncertain, or unsteady manner.— Wandering Jew , a legendary Jew in the folklore of north-western Europe who cannot die but must wander till the Day of Judgment, for an insult offered to Christ on the way to the Crucifixion—various names given him are Cart a phil us , Isaac Laquedom , and Buttadeus . [A.S. wandrian ; Ger. wandern ; allied to wend , and to wind , to turn round.]