draumr

Old Norse

Etymology

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). i-umlaut in descendant languages is from levelling with the verb dreyma.

Noun

draumr m (genitive draums, plural draumar)

  1. dream

Declension

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

  • Icelandic: draumur
  • Faroese: dreymur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: draum; (dialectal) draum’e, drøym, drom, drøm
  • Old Swedish: drømber
  • Old Danish: drøm
  • Gutnish: dråim

Further reading

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