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Fremd

//fɹɛmd// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar. dialectal, rare

    "a fremd day"

  2. 2
    Not kin, unrelated; foreign. dialectal, rare

    "[...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood."

  3. 3
    Wild; untamed. obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest. dialectal, rare
  2. 2
    An enmity. archaic, obsolete
  3. 3
    Humorous alteration of "friend". Internet, childish

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). 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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). 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.

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