Middle English Dictionary Entry
drẹ̄men v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | drẹ̄men v.(1) Also drēmen, dreomen, dreamen, dræmen. |
| Etymology | A drēman (WS drȳman) & OE drëam. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a musical instrument: to resound; also fig.; (b) to sing; (c) to shout, clamor, talk loudly, be hilarious; (d) to rejoice; ~ of, rejoice in (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14955 : Harpen þer dremden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22885 : Gleomen þer sungen, harpen gunnen dremen.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)117a : As ȝe wulleð þet ower beoden bemin wel & dremen [Nero: dreamen] i drihtines earen.
b
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)27 : Murie dreameð engles biuoren þin onsene, Pleieð & .. singeð bitweonen.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6706 : Þe king..hæhten his drihliche folc stilleluker dremen [Otho: talie].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11575 : Þer wes swiðe muchel dune, þeines þer dremden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13544 : Þenne we habbeð idrunken, dreme we lude.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14075 : Heo drunken heo dremden, blisse wes among heom.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)23041 : Drinken & dreomen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30842 : Dremeden drunkene men, dune wes on folke.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10235 : Her wes mete her wes drænc, men þer of dræmden.