I wonder if this is related at all to the word stravag? It doesn't quite seem to fit the context, the way stravag is used in the translation of the Villon poem.
Also, it's hard to look at 'stravag' and not want to add an egg at the beginning and an ant at the end, which suggests a different etymology .
Arrives via obsolete Scots word extravage, from Latin vagari to wander.
I wonder if this is related at all to the word stravag? It doesn't quite seem to fit the context, the way stravag is used in the translation of the Villon poem.
Also, it's hard to look at 'stravag' and not want to add an egg at the beginning and an ant at the end, which suggests a different etymology .
OK, i'll stop babbling now.
Scots - to wander aimlessly.