The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fremd \Fremd\, Fremed \Frem"ed\a. [OE., from AS. fremede,
fremde; akin to G. fremd.]
Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Northern English and Scottish survival of Middle English fremed "foreign; remote; unfamiliar; not related; unheard-of; unfriendly, distant and formal;" as a noun, "a stranger," from Old English fremde (Northumbrian fremþe); cognate with Old Saxon fremithi, Old Frisian fremed, Dutch vreemd, Old High German framidi, German fremd, Gothic framaþs "strange, foreign."
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context rare or chiefly dialectal English) strange; foreign; alien; outlandish; far off or away; distant. 2 (context rare or chiefly dialectal English) Not akin; unrelated. 3 (context rare or chiefly dialectal English) out of the ordinary; unusual; unwonted. 4 (context rare or chiefly dialectal English) strange; weird; outlandish; singular; odd; queer. 5 (context archaic or obsolete English) wild; untamed. n. 1 (context rare or chiefly dialectal English) stranger; guest 2 (context archaic or obsolete English) an enmity
Gazetteer
Usage examples of "fremd".
Bothe fremd and tame: both foes and friends -- literally, both wild and tame, the sporting metaphor being sustained.