"drem" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /drɛːm/ Forms: dremes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛːm Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|drēam}} Old English drēam, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*draum}} Proto-West Germanic *draum, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*draumaz}} Proto-Germanic *draumaz, {{semantic loan|enm|non|draumr|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Old Norse draumr, {{noncog|ang|swefn}} Old English swefn Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} drem, {{enm-noun|pl=dremes}} drem (plural dremes)
  1. music (either sung or instrumental) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-drem-enm-noun-fhMD5bUB Disambiguation of Music: 61 0 39 0 0
  2. voice, conversing
    Sense id: en-drem-enm-noun-rjHacA4I
  3. joy, mirthfulness Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-drem-enm-noun-EBJcVfrU Disambiguation of Talking: 19 9 60 2 9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 21 7 59 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 12 10 63 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 7 74 3 8
  4. dream (especially a prophetic one)
    Sense id: en-drem-enm-noun-R2NzTys1
  5. (waking) vision, premonition Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (dream, vision): sweven
    Sense id: en-drem-enm-noun-vtqtuyax Disambiguation of Sleep: 3 0 35 12 50 Disambiguation of 'dream, vision': 1 2 3 10 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dreme, dreem, dreeme, dream, dræm [Early-Middle-English] Related terms: dremen, dremere, dremynge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "dræm"
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