dremen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dreme
• dreomen, dreamen (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Anglian Old English drēman (West Saxon Old English 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/, /ˈdrɛ̝ːmən/

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

• “drẹ̄men, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 December 2019.
• “drẹ̄men, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 December 2019.