vagari

vagari [CL], vagare 1 to go about from place to place without direction, wander, roam, rove (also in fig. context); b (outside or beyond permitted limits or sim.); c (of spreading rumour, fame, practice, or sim.). d to wander as a vagrant or sim., (also pr. ppl. as sb.) vagrant, vagabond. e (pr. ppl. as sb.) one who patrols (in quot., of official who patrols the coast watching for wreck). f (pr. ppl. as sb.) wandering star, planet. g (extra ~ans) that occurs here and there. eo quod Scotti tempore aestatis ‥ relicto monasterio per nota sibi loca dispersi ~arentur Bede HE IV 4; [septem sidera] nunc inferius, nunc superius, propter obliquitatem signiferi ~antia Id. NR 204; c795 nec eum sinite otiosum ~are nec ebrietati servire Alcuin Ep. 64; pluviae quacumque vagantur Frith. 442; cur ergo per multa ~aris, homuncio, quaerendo bona animae tuae et corporis tui? Anselm (Prosl. 25) I 118; cum navis ‥ ~atur et invehitur in quaelibet pericula Ib. (Orig. Pecc. 5) II 146; ante inventum a Cerere ‥ frumentum, passim homines sine lege ~abantur Alb. Lond. DG 7. 1; si ‥ quis eorum religionem intraverit seu aliunde ~ando se transtulerit Stat. Mich. Cantab. 642; 1402 de patria in patriam discurrunt et vacantur [sic] Cl 255 m. 2.  b Caesar, ut agros vastaret igne ac praeda, equitatum suum effudit, quos latius ~ari Cassivellaunus prohibebat W. Poit. II 40; oceanus ‥ libere ~ari non permittitur Gir. TH II 3; et quidem quantum in ea [sc. cella] morari fructuosum, tantum extra eam longe vel diu ~ari periculosum Ad. Scot QEC 815D.  c illo tempore tanti viri fama ubique notabunda ~avit [v. l. ~abatur; gl.: divulgata est] Felix Guthl. 44; opinio certe incerta ~atur quod ‥ vim juveni venefica consciverit W. Malm. GR II 178; plura ‥ in hunc modum illicita, que antehac impune ~abantur, castigata Id. GP I 61.  d 1307 juratores dicunt ‥ quod D. ~ans est de die et nocte ad tabernas Gaol Del. 39/2 m. 1d.; 1307 dicunt eciam quod predictus T. communiter ~at ad tabernas ‥ cum matre sua Ib. 39/2 m. 3; 1384 dicunt ‥ quod T. T. ‥ est communis ~ans in feriis, marcatis, et nundinis, et communis ductor malefactorum et eorum fautor et manutentor Proc. J. P. 391.  e 1379 ~antes per mare per dies et noctes ad percipiendum proficuum de wreck maris (Leiston Abbey) Studies Presented to Sir Hilary Jenkinson (1957) p. 365; 1508 ~antes per costeram maris nocte dieque (Leiston Abbey) Studies Presented to Sir Hilary Jenkinson (1957) p. 365; 1514 ~antes per costeram maris jurati sunt ad informandum magistros supradictos (Leiston Abbey) Studies Presented to Sir Hilary Jenkinson (1957) p. 365.  f quidam falsi astrologi de Occidente, nescientes virtutem celestium corporum, et effectum quinque ~antium duorumque luminum (Lit.) R. Howd. II 297.  g papa Bonifacius constituciones quasdam predecessorum suorum extra ~antes ‥ in unum volumen redigi fecit Trevet Ann. 364. 2 not to keep still, to wander, rove (also in fig. context). b (of the mind or sim.) to range freely or widely, roam, wander. c to wander with the eyes, mind, attention, or sim.. d to vary or be variable, inconstant, or in flux. queque vagabatur et pene reliquerat orbem, / inclusit sacro pectore justitiam (Vers.) W. Malm. GR III 284; et hoc palatum ‥ eo quod amplum sit et interius vaget lingua Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 418; oculi flent qui per concupiscentias ~abantur Pull. Sent. 999B.  b vestrum ‥ mentis ingenium per florulenta scripturarum arva late ~ans [gl.: errans, circumiens, ernende] bibula curiositate decurrit Aldh. VirgP 4; ore quidem orantes sed mentem foris ~antem omni orationis fructu privantes Bede Hom. I 22. 105B; ut ~antes anime et superbe severiori regula distringantur Peckham Puer. Obl. 426; sum simplex vester, mea mors, mea vita vagantur, / in manibus vestris vivere queso queam W. Peterb. Bell. Hisp. 100.  c [caro] dat consilium ut ~emus [v. l. ~emus oculis] huc et illuc, ut aliqua species occurrat nobis quam concupiscamus Ailr. Serm. 37. 8.  d xiiij lunas, qua veteres Pascha faciebant ‥ a duodecimo kal. Aprilium usque in xiiij kal. Maiarum vario discursu ~antes Bede Temp. 13. 3 to wander astray, off, or away (from one's proper place or course), stray; b (fig., mentally or morally). c to wander (esp. from the point) in speech or writing. ipsam equam et ~antem pullam ejus que sequebatur Ord. Vit. XIII 16 p. 40; 1266 puer ‥ invenit quendam leporarium ~antem IMisc 13/21; si quis ‥ libertatem weyvii habere clamans animal ~ans in feodo suo invenerit Fleta 62; 1293 per negligenciam Willelmi Wachel pastoris oves quamplures ~antes per patriam discurrebant huc et illuc SelPlMan 168; 1367 jumentum predictum ‥ a custodia sua exivit et ~ans fuit SelCKB VI 150; cum illa fera bestia ad querendum victum in silvis ~asset (Albeus 1) VSH I 46.  b fasque nefasque simul equali pondere librans, / per licitum pariter illicitumque vagor J. Sal. Memb. 1005C; si forte eligis libera libidine ~ari, nulla lege refrenari, attende plagam Gir. GE II 9 p. 210; qui extra se ~antur, ambulantes in desideriis erroris Bald. Cant. Serm. 22. 13. 541B.  c cujus hic verba ‥ subicerem, nisi quia ultra opinionem in laudibus principis ~atur W. Malm. GR II 132; ne philosophicus labor procedat in infinitum, et semper ~etur inquisitio, que semper tendit ad finem J. Sal. Met. 896D; coartatur respondens—amissa ~andi licentia—querentem familiarius certificare Balsh. AD rec. 2 103; ad Venerem ‥ ne nimis ~ari accusemur, abhinc revertamur Alb. Lond. DG 11. 17.