draumr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam (perhaps related to Modern English dream), Old Frisian drām (West Frisian dream), Old Saxon drōm (Low German Droom), Old High German troum (Modern German Traum).

Noun

draumr m (genitive draums, plural draumar)

1. dream

Declension

Declension of draumr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	draumr	draumrinn	draumar	draumarnir
accusative	draum	drauminn	drauma	draumana
dative	draumi	drauminum	draumum	draumunum
genitive	draums	draumsins	drauma	draumanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: draumur
• Faroese: dreymur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: draum
• Old Swedish: drømber
  • Swedish: dröm
    • Elfdalian: dröm
• Old Danish: drøm
  • Danish: drøm
    • Norwegian Bokmål: drøm
• Gutnish: dråim

Further reading

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