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fremdling

noun

fremdling

noun

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

1

Dialectal, Rare One who is not a kinsman; a stranger

Otherwise obsolete

  • 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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