draumr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old English drēam (perhaps related to Modern English dream), Old Frisian drām (West Frisian dream), Old Saxon drōm (Low German Droom), Old High German troum (Modern German Traum).

Noun[edit]

draumr m (genitive draums, plural draumar)

  1. dream

Declension[edit]

  Declension of draumr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative draumr draumrinn draumar draumarnir
accusative draum drauminn drauma draumana
dative draumi drauminum draumum draumunum
genitive draums draumsins drauma draumanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: draumur
  • Faroese: dreymur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: draum
  • Old Swedish: drømber
  • Old Danish: drøm
  • Gutnish: dråim

References[edit]

  • “draumr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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