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fremdling en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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