straunge

Alternative forms

• strange, stronge, straung, strong, strang, stranghe, strounge, straunche

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman estraunge, a variant of Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrau̯ndʒ(ə)/, /ˈstraːndʒ(ə)/, /ˈstrɔndʒ(ə)/

Adjective

straunge (comparative straunger, superlative straungest)

1. foreign; overseas
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:

     Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages

     And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes

     To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

     Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,

     And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,

     To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

2. strange, unusual, other
3. ignorant, unlearned
4. hostile, alien, unkind
5. extraneous, external

Noun

straunge (plural straunges)

1. foreigner, outsider
2. Another foreign land or place.