strem

See also: Strem

Middle English

Alternative forms

• streme, streem, streeme
• stræm (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɛ̝ːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

strem (plural stremes)

1. A stream or river; a flowing path of water:
   1. A current; the flow of a stream.
   2. A river's course; the path of a river.
2. A waterbody; an accumulation of water:
   • a. 1333, Alcuin, “Poem 22: Quomodo se habet homo?; Fol. 204v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919)‎, Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:

     Also þe lanterne in þe wynd þat sone is aqueynt, / Ase sparkle in þe se þat sone is adreynt, / Ase vom in þe strem þat sone is tothwith, / Ase smoke in þe lift þat passet oure sith.

     Like a lantern in the wind that soon gets quenched, / Like a glimmer in the sea that soon gets drenched / Like foam in the water that soon is dispersed, / Like smoke in the sky that passes [in] our sight.

   1. A sea; a large, continuous body of water.
   2. (law) Maritime territory or possessions.
3. A flow or issuing of liquid (especially water)
4. A beam or ray, especially of light.
5. (rare) A standard; a flag indicating nationality.

Derived terms

• stremen
• stremere

Descendants

• English: stream
• Scots: stream, strem, streme, streim, streym
• Yola: streem

References

• “strēm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 November 2018.