Old English · noun
pilegrim
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈpi.leɡ.riːm/[ˈpi.leɣ.riːm]
- Syllables
- ˈpi · leɡ · riːm (3 syllables)
Meaning
traveler, wanderer
Ða heane ⁊ þa pilegrimes ealre geornest beon underfangene, forðam þe Crist on heom swiðest byð anfangen
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c. 1225, Rule of St. Benedict, Winteney version (derived from an earlier source composed in the OE period)
Etymology
From Old French pilegrin, pilegrine, pilgrim, variants of pelerin, and its etymon Late Latin pelegrīnus, a dissimilated form of peregrīnus. See also Pilegrī̆m.
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