See drem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Job 20:8”, in Wycliffe's Bible:",
"text": "As a dꝛeem fleynge awei he ſchal not be foundun he ſchal paſſe as a nyȝtis ſiȝt",
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