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fremed
Middle English
Adjective
fremed
- Alternative form of fremde
Scots
Adjective
fremed (comparative mair fremed, superlative maist fremed)
- Alternative form of fremmit
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fremd
English
Alternative forms
- frem, frim, fren
Etymology
From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?m-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *por- (“forward, through”). Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fr?md, IPA(key): /f??md/
Adjective
fremd (comparative fremder or more fremd, superlative fremdest or most fremd)
- (rare, chiefly dialectal) Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
- 1892, Haldane Burgess, Rasmie's Büddie, 43:
- Pits it i' da fremd-man's hert.
- 1892, Haldane Burgess, Rasmie's Büddie, 43:
- (rare, chiefly dialectal) Not kin, unrelated; foreign.
- 1851, Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Passages in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside:
- [...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood.
- 1868, Legh Knight, Tonic Bitters: A Novel, page 181:
- The doctor went up to the bed, and said, firmly, " Miss Garnock, you must not keep Mr. Yonge any longer." "Who'll he be that comes meddling between me and my Tar?" shrieked the patient. "Mither, bid yon fremd body gang his ways. I'll no be fashed wi' him the day."
- 1873, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine:
- [...] and if I'm to be no more hereafter to them that belong to me, than to legions of strange angels, or a whole nation of fremd folk!
- 1873, Heathergate, Heathergate, page 66:
- There's room for everybody in the world, I suppose, and something for everybody to do, and it behoves them that have few kin to make the more friends of fremd folk.
- 1875, John Howard Nodal, George Milner, A glossary of the Lancashire dialect:
- Thus, a person living with a family to whom he is not related is termed "a fremd body." If it were asked, "Is he akin to you?" the answer would be, "Nawe, he's fremd," i.e. "he's one of us, but not a relation."
- 1851, Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Passages in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside:
- (obsolete) Wild; untamed.
Derived terms
- fremdling
- fremedly
- fremsome
Noun
fremd (plural fremds)
- (rare or dialectal) A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
- (archaic or obsolete) An enmity.
References
- 1906, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "fremd".
- 1883, The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, "fremde, fremed".
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vremde, vremede, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz. Cognate with English fremd, Dutch vreemd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??mt/
Adjective
fremd (comparative fremder, superlative am fremdesten)
- strange
- foreign
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:
- external
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fremd” in Duden online
- “fremd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle English
Adjective
fremd
- Alternative form of fremde
Scots
Adjective
fremd
- Alternative form of fremmit
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