dreyma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dreyma, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną. Compare Danish drøm, Faroese droyma, English dream.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtreiːma]

  Rhymes: -eiːma

Verb

dreyma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreymdi, supine dreymt)

1. (impersonal verb, quirky subject) to cause to dream [with preceding accusative ‘experiencer’, along with following accusative ‘thing dreamed’ or um (+ accusative) ‘thing dreamed’ or að (+ subjunctive clause) ‘that ...’ or um að (+ subjunctive clause) ‘that ...’] (idiomatically translated as “dream”, with the accusative object as the logical subject)

   Mig dreymdi (um) fallegan dag.

   I dreamed of a beautiful day.

   (literally, “(It) caused me to dream (of) a beautiful day.”)

   Mig dreymdi (um) að væri á eyðieyju.

   I dreamed I was on a desert island.

   (literally, “(It) caused me to dream that I was (subjunctive) on a desert island.”)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology

From draumr, of the Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam, Old High German troum.

Verb

dreyma

1. to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dreyma — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	dreyma
present participle	dreymandi
past participle	dreymðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	dreymi	dreymða		dreyma	dreymða
2nd person singular	dreymir	dreymðir		dreymir	dreymðir
3rd person singular	dreymir	dreymði		dreymi	dreymði
1st person plural	dreymum	dreymðum		dreymim	dreymðim
2nd person plural	dreymið	dreymðuð		dreymið	dreymðið
3rd person plural	dreyma	dreymðu		dreymi	dreymði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	dreym, dreymi
1st person plural	dreymum
2nd person plural	dreymið

Conjugation of dreyma — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	dreymask
present participle	dreymandisk
past participle	dreymzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	dreymumk	dreymðumk		dreymumk	dreymðumk
2nd person singular	dreymisk	dreymðisk		dreymisk	dreymðisk
3rd person singular	dreymisk	dreymðisk		dreymisk	dreymðisk
1st person plural	dreymumsk	dreymðumsk		dreymimsk	dreymðimsk
2nd person plural	dreymizk	dreymðuzk		dreymizk	dreymðizk
3rd person plural	dreymask	dreymðusk		dreymisk	dreymðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	dreymsk, dreymisk
1st person plural	dreymumsk
2nd person plural	dreymizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: dreyma
• Faroese: droyma
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drøyma
• Swedish: drömma
• Danish: drømme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drømme

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “dreyma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive