främmän

främmän

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse framandi, derived from fram (whence framm); compare frammlänning.

Adjective

främmän n

1. foreign
   1. of visits by people who do not belong to the house; used both in good and bad sense

      Kärt främmän

      a welcome visit

      Bäst ’n int visst olä å, fick’n främmän

      When he least expected, he had a visit, for example, from an assailant, debt collector or other unpleasant person

   2. of animals or vermin

      Han fikk främmän ti åkrom

      The creatures came into his field

      Han hav främmän ti kläe

      he has vermin in his clothes

      Han hav främmän ti väggspryngjän

      he has bed bugs in the cracks on the wall