dreyma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dreyma, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną. Compare Danish drøm, Faroese droyma, English dream.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtreiːma/
    Rhymes: -eiːma

Verb

dreyma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreymdi, supine dreymt)

  1. (impersonal) to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

From draumr, of the Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam, Old High German troum.

Verb

dreyma

  1. to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dreyma — active (weak class 1)
infinitive dreyma
present participle dreymandi
past participle dreymðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dreymi dreymða dreyma dreymða
2nd person singular dreymir dreymðir dreymir dreymðir
3rd person singular dreymir dreymði dreymi dreymði
1st person plural dreymum dreymðum dreymim dreymðim
2nd person plural dreymið dreymðuð dreymið dreymðið
3rd person plural dreyma dreymðu dreymi dreymði
imperative present
2nd person singular dreym, dreymi
1st person plural dreymum
2nd person plural dreymið
Conjugation of dreyma — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive dreymask
present participle dreymandisk
past participle dreymzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dreymumk dreymðumk dreymumk dreymðumk
2nd person singular dreymisk dreymðisk dreymisk dreymðisk
3rd person singular dreymisk dreymðisk dreymisk dreymðisk
1st person plural dreymumsk dreymðumsk dreymimsk dreymðimsk
2nd person plural dreymizk dreymðuzk dreymizk dreymðizk
3rd person plural dreymask dreymðusk dreymisk dreymðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular dreymsk, dreymisk
1st person plural dreymumsk
2nd person plural dreymizk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dreyma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive