Etymology

A v. formed on dreme (n.).

PGmc Ancestor

*draumaz (< root of *dreug- or *dreusan- ?)

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

draumr ‘dream, vision’
(ONP draumr (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far dreymur, Icel draumur, Norw draum, Dan drøm, Sw dröm

OE Cognate

drēam ‘joy, bliss; frenzy, delirium, madness, demonic possession; sound, music, noise’ 

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

C3ac

Attestation

See dreme (n.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 346, 432

Bibliography

MED drēmen (v.2), OED dream (v.2), Dance dreme, ODEE dream, Bj. 11, de Vries draumr, Mag. draumur, Nielsen drøm, Hellquist dröm, Falk-Torp drøm, Torp NnEO draum, Bj-L. drøm, Bammesberger 70, Orel *ðraumaz, Kroonen *drauma-, AEW drēam, DOE drēam