Errant Shakespeare

 Ambisinister Droeshout Figure - Figuring Oxfordian Errancy Definition of ERRANT -  1a  behaving wrongly   b  straying outside the proper path or bounds   c   moving about aimlessly or irregularly   d   fallible 2     traveling or given to traveling Above from Merriam-Webster (con't) Errant has a split history. It comes from Anglo-French, a language in which two confusingly similar verbs with identical spellings ("errer") coeisted One errer meant "to err" and comes from errare, meaning "to wander" or "to err." The second errer meant "to travel," and traces to the Latin iter, meaning "road" or "journey." Both "errer" homographs contributed to the development of "errant" which not surprisingly has to do with both moving about and being mistaken. A "knight-errant" travels around in search of adventures. Cowboys round up "errant calves." An "errant child" is one who m