See also: Drem

Middle English

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Etymology

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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).

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drem (plural dremes)

  1. music (either sung or instrumental)
  2. voice, conversing
  3. joy, mirthfulness
  4. 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.
  5. (waking) vision, premonition

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Descendants

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  • English: dream
  • Scots: dreme

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Old English

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Noun

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drēm m

  1. Alternative form of drēam

Serbo-Croatian

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drȇm m (Cyrillic spelling дре̑м)

  1. slumber, doze

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Slovene

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Verb

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drem

  1. first-person singular present of dreti