Middle English

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Etymology

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Dutch palsterstaf.

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Particularly: “The above etymon is anachronistic since we define Middle English as ending in 1500 and Dutch as starting in 1500. Either it's from an earlier form of Dutch, or this is supposed to be a cognate rather than ancestor.”

Noun

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palster (plural palsters)

  1. A pilgrim's staff.