pilegrim
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pilgrim, pilgram, pilgrem, pilgrum, pilgerim, pilegrin, pillegrim
Etymology
From Old French peligrin, pellegrin, variants of pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus.
Noun
pilegrim (plural pilegrimes)
- pilgrim
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines LINES:
- Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle / In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,
- Of sundry persons who had chanced to fall / In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all
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Descendants
- English: pilgrim
- Scots: pilgrim, pelegrin, pilgrin, pilgren, pylgryne
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin peregrinus and Old Norse pílagrímr.
Noun
pilegrim m (definite singular pilegrimen, indefinite plural pilegrimer, definite plural pilegrimene)
- a pilgrim
Derived terms
- pilegrimsferd
- pilegrimsreise
References
- “pilegrim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin peregrinus and Old Norse pílagrímr.
Noun
pilegrim m (definite singular pilegrimen, indefinite plural pilegrimar, definite plural pilegrimane)
- a pilgrim
Derived terms
- pilegrimsferd
References
- “pilegrim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.