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drem
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Middle English
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
Noun
drem (plural dremes)
- music (either sung or instrumental)
- voice, conversing
- joy, mirthfulness
- 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.
- (waking) vision, premonition
Synonyms
- (dream, vision): sweven
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Descendants
References
- “drēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2018.
- “drēm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2018.
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North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian *drēma, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Föhr-Amrum) [drɛm], (Sylt) [d̥rɛm]
Verb
drem (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)
- to dream
Conjugation
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Old English
Noun
drēm m
- alternative form of drēam
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
drem m pers
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
drȇm m inan (Cyrillic spelling дре̑м) (Ekavian)
Declension
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Slovene
Verb
drem
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