drieman

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdri͜yː.mɑn/

Verb

drīeman

  1. to rejoice, be merry
  2. to play an instrument joyously
  3. to sing a song joyfully

Conjugation
Conjugation of drīeman (weak class 1)
infinitive drīeman drīemenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular drīeme drīemde
2nd-person singular drīemest, drīemst drīemdest
3rd-person singular drīemeþ, drīemþ drīemde
plural drīemaþ drīemdon
subjunctive present past
singular drīeme drīemde
plural drīemen drīemden
imperative
singular drīem
plural drīemaþ
participle present past
drīemende (ġe)drīemed

Derived terms
  • drīeming
  • frēadrīeman
  • ġedrīeman

Descendants
  • Middle English: dremen, dreme
    • English: dream

References
  • DRȲMAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • DRĒMAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • DRĪMAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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