Middle English Dictionary Entry
drẹ̄ming ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | drẹ̄ming ger.(2) |
| Etymology | From drẹ̄men v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Dreaming; a dream or vision experienced in sleep; a nightmare; also, a poetic vision; (b) thinking fondly (of sth.); (c) erroneous theorizing.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4280 : I sette nat a straw by thy dremynges, For sweuenes ben but vanytees and iapes.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)263 : His moder byþouȝt hur of hur dremyng þat she had dremed.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)2592 : Whaso..tald þe clerkes of þaire dremyng, þe clerkes þarto sold tak entent and tel þam what þaire dremes ment.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2173 : The sothfastnesse..shall be kid Whanne I undon have this dremyng.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)21.167 : He..Merveilled..whethir It were In A dremenge, Owther where that he was slepinge.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)43.8 : He fyl In slepynge, and þer-Inne he fyl In a gret dremenge.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)1203 : What wold þou dreme of this dremyng? hoppes þou to guferne grett degree?
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)80 : Litill rest had the king..For drechinge and dremyng..A sweuyn he met that derid hym sor.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7578 : Whan þou sekest þy wyl of flesshe..Yn handlyng, or dremyng of foly.
c
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)343 : Here men taken sumwhat soiþ, and doon dremyng to þis treuþe.