dremen

Middle English

Alternative forms

dreme
dreomen, dreamen (Early 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

Conjugation of dremen (weak in -te/-ed)

infinitive	(to) dremen, dreme
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dreme	drempte, dremed
2nd-person singular	dremest	dremptest, dremedest
3rd-person singular	dremeth	drempte, dremed
subjunctive singular	dreme	drempte, dremed
imperative singular	dreme	—

plural¹	dremen, dreme	drempten, drempte, dremeden, dremede
imperative plural	dremeth, dreme	—

participles	dremynge, dremende	drempt, dremed, ydrempt, ydremed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: dream

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.

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