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dríman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
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Grammar
dríman, intrans.
To make a joyous sound with voice or with instrument, to rejoice.
of living creatures
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  • Ic dréme

    psallam,

      Ps. L. 107, 2.

  • Seldan snottor guma sorgleás blissað, swylce dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymb his forðgesceaft,

      Fä. 55.

  • Anna and Simeon sungon and drýmdon,

      Lch. iii. 428, 20.

  • Uton dréman (

    jubilemus

    ) Gode . . . on sealmum wé drýman him,
      Ps. Spl. 94, 1, 2.
of musical instrument
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  • Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele.
trans.
To sing a song
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  • Ealle singende hý drýman

    omnia psallendo modificentur,

      Angl. xiii. 371, 78.

  • Seó beó ne murnð leóflic leóþ tó drýmanne,

      Angl. viii. 324, 17.

  • Wynsume swinsunge tó drémene

    dulcem melodiam modulaturus (i. canaturus ),

      An. Ox. 1344.

  • Getwinnum sangum hǽle Gode dré(mende)

    geminis concentibus Osanna persultans,

    2608.
Etymology
[Take here dréman, drýman in Dict.]
Similar entries
v. ge*-*dríman.
Linked entries
v.  dreman drýman.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “dríman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/42951.

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