dream – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of dream

Noun: dream
Gender:

Nominative

Singulardrēam
Pluraldrēamas

Genitive

Singulardrēames
Pluraldrēama

Dative

Singulardrēame
Pluraldrēamum

Accusative

Singulardrēam
Pluraldrēamas

Sample Sentences

  • Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
  • drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
  • wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm, (The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
  • deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
  • proud by the wall. The war took away some men,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-mos
4. Proto-Germanic *draumaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *draum
6. Old English dream
7. From Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Frisian drām, Old Saxon drōm (“joy, music, dream”), Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr. See: Old Norse Nouns 'draumr'.

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