Old English · adjective
fremde
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈfrem.de/
- Syllables
- ˈfrem · de (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- strangefremdstranger
Meaning
-
strange
-
foreign
Iċ eom Dryhten þīn god. Iċ þē ūt ġelǣdde of Egypta lande and of heora þēowdōme. Ne lufa þū ōðru fremdu godu ofer mē.
I am the Lord your God. I led you out of slavery in Egypt. Don't love other foreign gods over me.
c. 893, King Alfred's Doom Book -
a stranger
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fremde | fremdufremdo | fremde |
| Accusative | fremdne | fremde | fremde |
| Genitive | fremdes | fremdre | fremdes |
| Dative | fremdum | fremdre | fremdum |
| Instrumental | fremde | fremdre | fremde |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fremde | fremdafremde | fremdufremdo |
| Accusative | fremde | fremdafremde | fremdufremdo |
| Genitive | fremdra | fremdra | fremdra |
| Dative | fremdum | fremdum | fremdum |
| Instrumental | fremdum | fremdum | fremdum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fremda | fremde | fremde |
| Accusative | fremdan | fremdan | fremde |
| Genitive | fremdan | fremdan | fremdan |
| Dative | fremdan | fremdan | fremdan |
| Instrumental | fremdan | fremdan | fremdan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fremdan | fremdan | fremdan |
| Accusative | fremdan | fremdan | fremdan |
| Genitive | fremdrafremdena | fremdrafremdena | fremdrafremdena |
| Dative | fremdum | fremdum | fremdum |
| Instrumental | fremdum | fremdum | fremdum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz, from Proto-Germanic *fram- (related to from). Cognates include Old Saxon fremithi, Dutch vreemd, Old High German fremidi (whence German fremd), and Gothic (framaþs).
Descendants
fremd
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