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† ˈvagant, a. (and pres. pple.) Obs.
Forms: 4–5 vagaunt, 5–6 -aunte, 5–6, 8 vagant, 5 -ante.
[a. OF. vagant, vagaunt, or L. vagant-, vagans, pres. pple. of vagārī to wander.]
1. Wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding-place. Cf. vagrant a. 3.
1382Wyclif Gen. iv. 12 Vagaunt and fer fugitif thow shalt be vpon the erthe alle the daies of thi lijf. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 135 In the tyme of Hinguar and Hubba, Ardulphus the bischop was vagante longe with þe body of Seynte Cuthberte. 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. x, For al we haue be disparblid & longe haue be vagant on the see. 1483― Gold. Leg. 407 b/1 Thus Josaphat was two yere vagaunte & erryd in deserte. 1517Watson Shyppe of Fooles A ij, I am the fyrste in the shyppe vagaunte with the other fooles. 1578Sc. Poems 16th C. (1801) II. 170 Thocht vagant freirs faine wald lie, The trueth will furth.
2. Devious, erratic. rare.
1382Wyclif Prov. v. 6 Bi the path of lif thei gon not; vagaunt ben the goingus of hir, and vnserchable. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 50. 1/1 By so Vagant a Proceedure, it is a Chance but he must hear some points of Duty..repeated.
3. Of thoughts: Wandering.
c1450Myrr. our Ladye 42 Yt can not sturre vp yt selfe from wandryng and vagant thoughtes that yt is accustomyd in. Ibid. 165 Also the harte oughte fulle besyly to be kepte from all vagaunte thoughtes. |