drem

See also: Drem

Middle English

FWOTD – 16 January 2023

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English drēam, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Some senses are probably a semantic loan from Old Norse draumr, displacing sweven (from Old English swefn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drɛːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

drem (plural dremes)

  1. music (either 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

Old English

Noun

drēm m

  1. alternative form of drēam

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔkˈtɔ.rɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɛm

Noun

drem m pers

  1. instrumental singular of dr

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drêːm/

Noun

drȇm m inan (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

Slovene

Verb

drem

  1. first-person singular present of dreti