drem

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dreme, dreem, dreeme
• (Early ME) dream, dræm

Etymology

From Old English drēam, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Some senses influenced by Old Norse draumr, displacing sweven (from Old English swefn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛːm/

Noun

drem (plural dremes)

1. music (ether sung or instrumental)
2. voice, conversing
3. joy, mirthfulness
4. 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.

5. (waking) vision, premonition

Synonyms

• (dream, vision): sweven

Related terms

• dremen
• dremer
• dremyng

Descendants

• English: dream
• Scots: dreme

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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): drijȇm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drêːm/

Noun

drȇm m (Cyrillic spelling дре̑м)

1. slumber, doze

Declension

Declension of drem

	singular	plural
nominative	drem	dremovi
genitive	drema	dremova
dative	dremu	dremovima
accusative	drem	dremove
vocative	dreme	dremovi
locative	dremu	dremovima
instrumental	dremom	dremovima