fremdling

English

Alternative forms
  • frameling (Scotland)

Etymology

From fremd +‎ -ling. Compare also Dutch vreemdeling, German Fremdling, Swedish främling.

Noun

fremdling (plural fremdlings)

  1. (rare, dialectal or obsolete) One who is not a kinsman; a stranger
    • 1640, W. Lithgow, The gushing Teares of godlie sorrow:
      There sisters for their brothers, sorrowing sore,
      Last fatall framelings, one another gore.
    • 1856, William Drummond, ‎William Barclay Turnbull, The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden:
      Hills, bulwarks of our freedom, giant walls,
      Which never fremdling's sleight nor sword made thralls; [...]
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