fremd
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of fremd
Old English fremde ; related to Old High German fremidi
Example Sentences
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Fremde: foreign, strange; German, "fremd" in the northern dialects, "frem," or "fremmed," is used in the same sense.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Eng. fremed, stranger, cognate with Ger. fremd, so that opposite terms, which we find regularly contrasted in Mid.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
Blessings on his face for her sake! for had it not been for him, she would have had none but a fremd hand to lay the sod on her.'
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
"Twenty-three years," he bellowed at the top of his voice, for he saw that I was fremd, and wished to make himself clear.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
Bothe fremd and tame: both foes and friends — literally, both wild and tame, the sporting metaphor being sustained.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
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