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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English drēman, Anglian form of drīeman, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną; equivalent to drem + -en (infinitival suffix). Forms with /ɛː/ are influenced by the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdreːmən/, /ˈdrɛːmən/
Verb
dremen (third-person singular simple present dremeth, present participle dremynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative dremte, past participle dremt)
- To dream (of something)
- To talk or sing noisily.
- (rare) To have a flight of fancy.
- (rare) To believe; to take as fact.
- (rare) To reverberate (of musical instruments)
- (rare) To celebrate or be joyful.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) dremen, dreme
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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dreme
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drempte, dremed
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| 2nd-person singular
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dremest
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dremptest, dremedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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dremeth
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drempte, dremed
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| subjunctive singular
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dreme
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| imperative singular
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—
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| plural1
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dremen, dreme
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drempten, drempte, dremeden, dremede
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| imperative plural
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dremeth, dreme
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| participles
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dremynge, dremende
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drempt, dremed, ydrempt, ydremed
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “drẹ̄men, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-29.
- “drẹ̄men, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-29.