Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Roam

Roam (rōm) , intransitive verb

[Old English romen, ramen; compare Anglo-Saxon āraman to raise, rise, Dutch ramen to hit, plan, aim, Old Saxon rōmōn to strive after, Old High German rāmen. But the word was probably influenced by Rome; compare Old French romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, Italian romeo, Sp. romero. Compare Ramble.]

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house. — Chaucer
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. — Shakespeare

Roam , transitive verb

To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. — Milton

Roam , noun

The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill and dale. — Milton