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

• 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)

1. a pilgrim

Derived terms

• pilegrimsferd

References

• “pilegrim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.