drem

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Middle English

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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)

  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

Descendants

  • English: dream
  • Scots: dreme

References


Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

Noun

drȇm m (Cyrillic spelling дре̑м)

  1. slumber, doze

Declension