Middle English Dictionary Entry
pelrināǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pelrināǧe n. Also pilrenage, pilerinage. |
| Etymology | OF pelerinage, pelrimage, pelremage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pilgrimage n.
1.
A journey taken to a holy place as an act of devotion or penance; a pilgrimage; comen (riden) on ~, don ~, gon in (on, upon) ~, yede in ~.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.1 : Gilbert..And..Richard..to Ierusalem com; There hi dude here pelrynage [Corp-C: pilgrimage] in holi stedes faste.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (Hrl 2277)99 : Wele whiche fair pelrynage is þider forto fare To honury þat holi bodi þat haþ ibeo þer so ȝare.
- a1325 SLeg.Magd.(1) (Corp-C 145)239 : Fram pilrenage [Hrl: pelrynage], to seinte Peter ich come nou ferst wiþ þe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.803 : With gret Devocioun The noble wommen of the toun Most comunliche a pelrinage Gon forto preie thilke ymage, Which the godesse of childinge is.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1315 : He to Rome in pelrinage Wol go, wher Pope was Pelage, To take his absolucioun.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1199 : If hir list to riden oute On pelrinage or other stede, I come, thogh I be noght bede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2938 : The king..thoghte in his corage To gon upon a pelrinage Into a strange regioun..To don his sacrifice and preie.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7506 : Forth comth Paris with glad visage Into the temple on pelrinage.
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)22/86 : Men þat ȝeden in pilerinage And Men of oydre [read: ordre] was his vsage Often forto fede.