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DREÁM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DREÁM, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §278; §335;
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy; jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium
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  • Ðǽr biþ drincendra dreám se micla

    there is the great joy of drinkers,

    • Exon. 88 a
    • ;
    • Th. 332,
    • 3;
    • Vy. 79: Beo. Th. 999
    • ;
    • B. 497: Cd. 169
    • ;
    • Th. 211,
    • 25;
    • Exod. 531
    • .
  • Ðǽr biþ engla dreám

    there [in heaven] is joy of angels,

    • Exon. 32 b
    • ;
    • Th. 102,
    • 2 2;
    • Cri. 1676: Elen. Kmbl. 2461
    • ;
    • El. 1232: Apstls. Kmbl. 96
    • ;
    • Ap. 48
    • .
  • Ic eam ealles leás écan dreámes

    I am bereft of all eternal joy,

    • Cd. 216
    • ;
    • Th. 275,
    • 8;
    • Sat. 168: 217
    • ;
    • Th. 276,
    • 2;
    • Sat. 182: Exon. 27 b
    • ;
    • Th. 82,
    • 24;
    • Cri. 1343: Rood Kmbl. 28
    • 5;
    • Kr. 144
    • .
  • In dolum dreáme

    in foolish joy,

    • Exon. 39 a
    • ;
    • Th. 130,
    • 8;
    • Gú. 435
    • .
  • In ðam uplícan engla dreáme

    in the exalted joy of angels,

    9 a;
    • Th. 7,
    • 17;
    • Cri. 102
    • .
  • He dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle

    he heard loud mirth in the hall,

    • Beo. Th. 177
    • ;
    • B. 88
    • .
  • Sorh cymeþ in manna dreám

    sorrow cometh into the joy of men,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 3
    • ;
    • Leás. 2: Exon. 35 a
    • ;
    • Th. 114,
    • 2;
    • Gú. 166
    • .
  • Heó móton ágan dreáma dreám mid Gode

    they may possess joy of joys with God,

    • Cd. 220
    • ;
    • Th. 283,
    • 32;
    • Sat. 314: Exon. 16 a
    • ;
    • Th. 36,
    • 22;
    • Cri. 580: Apstls. Kmbl. 163
    • ;
    • Ap. 82
    • .
  • Eart ðú dumb and deáf, ne sindan ðíne dreámas wiht

    thou art dumb and deaf, thy pleasures are naught,

    • Exon. 99 a
    • ;
    • Th. 370,
    • 27;
    • Seel. 65
    • .
  • Dreáma leás

    void of joys, joyless,

    • Beo. Th. 1705
    • ;
    • B. 850
    • ;
    • Cd. 2
    • ;
    • Th. 3,
    • 23;
    • Gen. 40: 5
    • ;
    • Th. 7,
    • 18;
    • Gen. 108
    • .
  • Ic dreáma wyn sceal ágan mid englum

    I shall possess joy of joys with angels,

    • Exon. 42 b
    • ;
    • Th. 142,
    • 31;
    • Gú. 652
    • .
  • Hie forþ heónon gewiton of worulde dreámum

    they have departed hence from the world's joys,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 263
    • ;
    • Kr. 133 Exon. 43 b
    • ;
    • Th. 146,
    • 19;
    • Gú. 712
    • .
  • Hér ge-endode eorþan dreámas Eádgár Engla cyning

    in this year [A. D. 975] Edgar, king of the Angles, ended the pleasures of earth,

    • Chr. 975
    • ;
    • Erl. 124,
    • 29;
    • Edg. 21: Exon. 32 b
    • ;
    • Th. 102,
    • 5;
    • Cri. 1668
    • .
  • Sécan mid sibbe swegles dreámas

    to seek in peace the joys of heaven,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1618
    • ;
    • An. 810: Cd. 14
    • ;
    • Th. 17,
    • 9;
    • Gen. 257: Exon. 26 a
    • ;
    • Th. 76,
    • 28;
    • Cri. 1246: Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 26,
    • 31;
    • Jud. 350
    • .
  • On swylcum wódum dreáme

    in such insane ecstasy or frenzy,

    • Ors. 3,
    • 6;
    • Bos. 58, 14: Homl. Th. i. 524, 34: 526. 1: ii. 50, 28: 110, 18,
    • 31.
what causes mirth,-
An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, song; orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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  • Ne mágon ðam breahtme býman ne hornas, ne hearpan hlyn, ne organan swég, ne ǽnig ðara dreáma ðe Dryhten gescóp gumum to gliwe in ðas geómran woruld

    trumpets nor horns can [equal] that sound, nor sound of harp, nor organ's tone, nor any of those kinds of music which the Lord hath created for delight to men in this sad world,

    • Exon. 57 b
    • ;
    • Th. 206, 29-207,
    • 10;
    • Ph. 134-139
    • .
  • On saligum we ahófon oððe ahéngon dreámas úre

    in salicĭbus suspendĭmus orgăna nostra,

    • Ps. Lamb. 136,
    • 2.
  • Sǽde se engel ðæt se dreám wǽre of ðam upplícum werode

    the angel said that the melody was from the celestial host,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 342, 10: Exon. 52 a
    • ;
    • Th. 181,
    • 9;
    • Gú. 1290
    • .
  • Werhádes men ongunnon symle ðone dreám, and wífhádes men him sungon ongeán andswariende

    men always begun the melody, and women answering sung in turn,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 548, 12: Cd. 220
    • ;
    • Th. 284,
    • 28;
    • Sat. 328
    • .
  • Iohannes gehýrde swylce býmena dreám

    John heard, as it were, the sound of trumpets,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 86,
    • 35.
  • Dreáme

    harmŏnia, modulatiōne,

    Mone
    • B. 2528,
    • 2529.
  • Dreámas

    concentus,

    4940.
  • Dreámum

    modis,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143,
    • 9.
Etymology
[
Laym, dræm, dream, drem, m. joy, rejoicing:
Orm. dræm sound
.]
Derived forms
DER. dreám-cræft, -ere, -hæbbende, -healdende, -leás, -líc, -nes, -swinsung, drýman, freá-, drýme, ge-, unge-, éðel-dreám, gleó-, god-, gum-, heofon-, man-, medu-, sele-, sin-, swegl-, woruld-, wuldor-, wyn-
Linked entries
v.  dríme drýme drýming ge-dríme drím.
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  • DREÁM, n.