dreme

Middle English

Alternative forms

drem, dream, dræm, dreem

Etymology

From Old English drēam, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Some senses influenced by Old Norse draumr. Displaced sweven, from Old English swefn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /drɛːm/

Noun

dreme (plural dremes or dremen)

Synonyms

sweven

Descendants

English: dream
Scots: dreme

References

“drēm (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.
“drēm (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.

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