dremen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglian Old English drēman (West Saxon drīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną; equivalent to drem +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Forms with /ɛː/ are influenced by the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdreːmən/, /ˈdrɛːmən/

Verb

dremen (third-person singular simple present dremeth, present participle dremynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative dremte, past participle dremt)

  1. To dream (of something)
  2. To talk or sing noisily.
  3. (rare) To have a flight of fancy.
  4. (rare) To believe; to take as fact.
  5. (rare) To reverberate (of musical instruments)
  6. (rare) To celebrate or be joyful.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dremen (weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive (to) dremen, dreme
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dreme drempte, dremed
2nd-person singular dremest dremptest, dremedest
3rd-person singular dremeth drempte, dremed
subjunctive singular dreme
imperative singular —
plural1 dremen, dreme drempten, drempte, dremeden, dremede
imperative plural dremeth, dreme —
participles dremynge, dremende drempt, dremed, ydrempt, ydremed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: dream

References

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