Middle English Dictionary Entry
peregrin(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | peregrin(e adj. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phr. faucoun ~, the peregrine falcon [with play on L peregrīnus in 1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.428 : A faukon peregryn [vr. peregryne] thanne semed she Of fremde land.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf d iii/b : Ther is a Fawken peregryne, And that is for an Erle.