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)

  1. pilgrim
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line 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

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)

  1. a pilgrim

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin peregrinus and Old Norse pílagrímr.

Noun

pilegrim m (definite singular pilegrimen, indefinite plural pilegrimar, definite plural pilegrimane)

  1. a pilgrim

Derived terms

References

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