fremd

British

/ frɛmd, freɪmd /

adjective

archaic alien or strange

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Etymology

Origin of fremd

Old English fremde ; related to Old High German fremidi

Example Sentences

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St. Denys!—all the lave of you, that may be nearest in this fremd land,—come and aid him.

From Two Penniless Princesses by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

And for he was far and fremd bestead Yslain he should have be.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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

Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia’s Lovers: ‘There’s a fremd man i’ t’ house.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

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