Old English · noun

dream

Normalised drēam

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /dræ͜ɑːm/
Syllables: dræ͜ɑːm (1 syllable)
Modern English: merriment musical instrument gladness rejoicing ecstasy frenzy harmony dream

Meaning

joy, pleasure, gladness, rejoicing

drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong, wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still, deprived of mirth; army completely perished, proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
that which causes merriment: musical instrument, music, melody, song, harmony
frenzy, ecstasy

Declension

Declension of dream
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	drēam	drēamas
Accusative	drēam	drēamas
Genitive	drēames	drēama
Dative	drēame	drēamum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Germanic *draumaz Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English dream From Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Frisian drām, Old Saxon drōm (“joy, music, dream”), Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr.

Descendants

dream

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