drem
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English drēam, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Some senses influenced by Old Norse draumr, displacing sweven (from Old English swefn).
Pronunciation
Noun
drem (plural dremes)
- music (ether sung or instrumental)
- voice, conversing
- joy, mirthfulness
- dream (especially a prophetic one)
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Job 20:8”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- As a dꝛeem fleynge awei he ſchal not be foundun he ſchal paſſe as a nyȝtis ſiȝt
- Like a dream going away, he won't be found; he'll disappear like a night's vision.
- (waking) vision, premonition
Synonyms
- (dream, vision): sweven
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “drēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.
- “drēm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): drijȇm
Pronunciation
Noun
drȇm m (Cyrillic spelling дре̑м)
Declension
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- Middle English nouns
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- enm:Music
- enm:Sleep
- enm:Talking
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