Middle English Dictionary Entry
fremed adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fremed adj. Also fremd, freomed, vreomed, framde, frimmed, frem(me, frembe. |
| Etymology | OE frem(e)de (corresp. to OHG fremidi, G fremd). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Strange, foreign, remote, unfamiliar; as noun: an alien, a stranger; of a happening: strange, unheard of; of speech: distant and formal; ~ and frend, stranger and friend; ~ and kouth, unknown and familiar; ~ maken, to make (someone) alien, to banish; (b) unrelated by blood or kinship; as noun: one who is not a member of the family or clan; ~ and sib, ~ and kin, etc.; (c) estranged, unfriendly, hostile; of a day: unpropitious, unlucky.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1250 : Þu firrþresst fremmde menn.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)106 : His deore deciples fluen alle vrom him & bileueden him alle one, ase ureomede.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)106 : Ne were i[s] wele nout þe wrþere, bote he him fremede frend ywerche.
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)1 : In a fryht..y con fare fremede.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.429 : A faukon peregryn thanne semed she Of fremde land.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11808 : Þis herods..þat fox sa fals, Bath gain fremd [Göt: frimmed; Trin-C: fremde] and freinds.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)68.11 : Fremed [L extraneus] am i made to mi breþer al, Mi moder sones pilgrime me kal.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)80.8 : Ne fremed god [L deum alienum] bid saltou noght.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.248 : Lat be to me youre fremde manere speche, And sey to me, youre nece, what yow liste.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)26b/a : Exter: last, fremmet, or storge.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.137 : He was a nygarde þat no good myȝte [aspare] To frende ne to fremmed [vr. frem].
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)197 : Euery man, boþe fremyd & kouth, Xul comyn.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1046 : Nevere was ther yit so fremde a cas.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)178 : Fremyd [vrr. ffremmyd, fremmed, frend] or strawnge: Extraneus, alienus, externus.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)61/7 : Whate es this þat mase þe herte fro þe flesche to wake..as it were, fremde to hym?
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)51b : Fremyd: exter, externus. To make ffremyd: exterminare.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)159/653 : From London to Louth, such an other shepherd I wot not where is, both fremd and cought.
b
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)34 : Sone wule hine forȝeten þe fremede [Trin-C: fremde; Eg (1): fræmden; McC: uremde] and þe sibbe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)13/9 : Ic ȝewerȝed habbe aiðer ȝe hodede ȝe leawede, sibbe and framde.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49b : Ne beat he nan bute hwam se he luueð & halt for his dohter, namare þen þu waldest beaten a fremede [Nero: ureomede] child, þah hit al gulte.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)181 : Þider comen manie of fremede & o kinne.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)252 : Nabbeþ hi none blisse..of fremede ne of sibbe.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.39 : Men seþ ofte breþren strive..And þat lond, hit may atglide Into a fremde hond.
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)30 : Fader, for-ȝif vs..Al swo we doð..to freomede & to kunne.
- c1300 Assump.Virg.(1) (Cmb Gg.4.27)181 : Hire frend he clupede hire to, Boþe sibbe and fremde Men.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7086 : Þis child wax so wel & þeu, as iseie fremde & sibbe.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1999 : Wheþer he be fremd or of his blod.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)92 : Bruyt hade muche folk with him, Bothe fremede and eke kun.
- c1350 How GWife(1) (Em 106)14 : Make þou no iangling with fremde no with sibbe.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)48/216 : The sext commandement forbedes us to syn..with any woman, Outhir sib or fremned.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)297/25 : Hit was foly..holde hym by wommon, sib or ffremde.
- c1400 *PPl.C (Trin-C R.3.14)13.155 f.31a : Who so forsakiþ his fadir or his frendis, fremde [vrr. frende, frembe] oþer sibbe.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)26683 : Man agh to telle hir qualite, sibbe or fremme queþer ho be.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)59/10 : Alle men þink hym iliche sib unto hym & no man fremmid.
- c1440(a1349) Rolle Bee (Thrn)55/24 : Þaire frendys, sybbe or fremmede.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6484 : He wolde to Bretaigne sende After men boþe sibbe & fremde.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)25 : Without pite or mercy to sibbe or to freme.
c
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)200 : Louerd, woa is me þet ich am so freomede [Lamb: fremede] wið þe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.529 : Al the world is blynd In this matere, bothe fremed [vr. wild(e] and tame.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3343 : I hafe bene frendely, freke, and fremmede till oþer.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.24 : Infortunate was us that fremyt day.