† out-comelingn.
Obsolete (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use).
A stranger; a person who has come from outside (as distinguished from a native or original resident).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant
alien?a1400
out-comelingc1400
strangerc1460
free denizen1551
denizen1576
peregrine1593
inmatea1600
outcomer1607
resident alien1801
metic1808
expatriate1818
international1851
offcome1859
overrunner1876
aubain1882
offcomer1898
non-native1899
outworlder1948
transplant1961
expat1962
non-patrial1971
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider
fremdc950
guestc950
althedyOE
allophyleOE
uncoutha1250
strangea1325
alienc1384
barbarc1384
barbarync1384
strangerc1385
barbaric1388
foreigna1399
outland?a1400
farandman14..
out-comelingc1400
foreigner1422
alienar1473
alienate1497
estrangec1503
new face?a1513
barbarianc1550
fremman1568
frenne1579
estranger1586
inmatea1600
outlier1606
outcomer1607
externc1610
exoteric1697
outner1721
outsider1800
unco1800
inconnu1807
outrigger1850
offcome1859
ringer1896
offcomer1898
shenzi1910
out-grouper1938
outworlder1948
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 876 An outcomlyng, a carle?
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 1828 Heraude..was þer but an out-comlyng.
1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. i. xxxiii. 429 I beseech you, as out-comlings and strangers, to abstain [etc.].
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 97 Outcumlins, strangers.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Comelings, strangers. This word is not now used without the preposition out, but I do not find that Wiclif ever adds the preposition... We generally say out-comelings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
<
n.c1400