dreyma
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dreyma, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną. Compare Danish drøm, Faroese droyma, English dream.
Pronunciation
Verb
dreyma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreymdi, supine dreymt)
- (impersonal) to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old Norse
Etymology
From draumr, of the Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam, Old High German troum.
Verb
dreyma
- to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dreyma — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | dreyma | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | dreymandi | |
| past participle | dreymðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dreymi | dreymða |
| 2nd-person singular | dreymir | dreymðir |
| 3rd-person singular | dreymir | dreymði |
| 1st-person plural | dreymum | dreymðum |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymið | dreymðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | dreyma | dreymðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dreyma | dreymða |
| 2nd-person singular | dreymir | dreymðir |
| 3rd-person singular | dreymi | dreymði |
| 1st-person plural | dreymim | dreymðim |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymið | dreymðið |
| 3rd-person plural | dreymi | dreymði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | dreym, dreymi | |
| 1st-person plural | dreymum | |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymið | |
Conjugation of dreyma — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | dreymask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | dreymandisk | |
| past participle | dreymzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dreymumk | dreymðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | dreymisk | dreymðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | dreymisk | dreymðisk |
| 1st-person plural | dreymumsk | dreymðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymizk | dreymðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | dreymask | dreymðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dreymumk | dreymðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | dreymisk | dreymðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | dreymisk | dreymðisk |
| 1st-person plural | dreymimsk | dreymðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymizk | dreymðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | dreymisk | dreymðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | dreymsk, dreymisk | |
| 1st-person plural | dreymumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | dreymizk | |
References
- “dreyma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press