pílagrímr
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, alteration of peregrīnus (“foreigner”), probably through Middle Low German pēlegrīm.[1]
Adjective
[edit]pílagrímr m (genitive pílagríms, plural pílagrímar)[2]
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pílagrímr | pílagrímrinn | pílagrímar | pílagrímarnir |
| accusative | pílagrím | pílagríminn | pílagríma | pílagrímana |
| dative | pílagrími | pílagríminum | pílagrímrum | pílagrímrunum |
| genitive | pílagríms | pílagrímsins | pílagríma | pílagrímanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: pílagrímur
- Faroese: pílagrímur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pilegrim
- Old Swedish: pīlagrimber, pelagrimber
- Swedish: pilgrim
- Old Danish: pilegrim
References
[edit]- ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “pílagrímr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 425.
- ^ “pílagrímr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen