n
ā, f. (in later lang. a
d
s. also drem, dream).
Indefinite
number of people, band, company:
drem .i. diairimh,
O'Dav.
698
.
atat drem dermár aile and,
FA § 29
.
drem timairciter
ar ecin,
§ 23
.
mórdrém (leg. -drem) Dé,
Fél. May 21
. sardrem
a great throng
,
Gorm. 13
.
munter Padraic . . . drem ca
roibi roLaiden,
Lec. 92d12
.
dream nó táin dod shluagh,
Oss.
vi 26.16
.
co romarbsat dreimm moir,
AU 1018
.
romarb
Dubthach in dreim cáem,
LL 153b28
.
co ndréim aile do
mathib Ulad,
LU 2900
. in dara drem . . . in drem aile (two
teams in a game),
Laws iii 252.5
.
bud sgiath dítin do gach
dreim,
SG 18.34
. amus do tabairt ar drem do coblach Sil M.
on (some of) the people of the fleet,
RC xviii 166.4
(Tig., cf.
CS
1145
). d'oendreim dóib they were of one company,
BColm.
90.11
.
iar barbad (= marbad) dremmi,
LU 4348
. ar luad
cacha láechdreimme heroic folk,
Metr. Dinds. iv 24
.
dá trian
na dreme dorochair do nimh,
O'Dav. 698
.
ar marbhadh
dréime móir (sic) do muinntir L.,
TFrag. 148.21
.
mac Noe
na n-il-drem,
LL 520
. Murend ingen C. . . . eter dremmaib
gualand nglan among bands of white-shouldered women,
140b12
. ní rondegtherb dia dremmaib he did not well to
separate from his troops,
Metr. Dinds. ii 48.30
. tiaghaid amach
iona ndreamaibh by bands,
Proverbs xxx 27
.
Of definite individuals:
romarb Fer diad, duairc in drem,
| Dam ndreimed is Dam ndilend,
TBC-LL¹ 4128
.
ceithri meic B.
ba drem dil,
Lec. 439b6
.
is iad an dias ban úd ┐ an dá dhraoi
dream ba táscamhla d'fhine Ghaedhil,
Keat. ii 1398
.
Freq. with partitive DE
some of:
fóidit úadib dreimm . . .
dia túathaib,
SR 4651
.
rofhóid drem do na Farsaidib imalle
fris,
PH 2175
.
adbathadur drem díb,
ZCP viii 274.23
.
bualadh T. do drem dia muindtir fén,
RC xviii 35
(Tig.). In
absol. constr.: doní dream denam aile some give another version,
Metr. Dinds. iii 362
. drem . . . drem
some . . . others:
drem díb-sin nocha dlegur . . . drem eile diub dlegur . . .,
Laws ii 86.5
,
8 Comm.
drem díb dan anaithnigh | drem díb
dan eól,
ZCP viii 216.7
.
drém uainn 'na cotlud, drém oc
faire, drémm oc cantain chiúil,
Todd Lect. vi 54.2
. Cf.
trí
tráth . . . doréir foirne ┐ sechtmain doréir dreimi eili,
SG
50.22
. Folld. by defining rel. clause, of a particular class of
people:
mellaid demun . . . in drém na techtait in fír-Dia,
PH 1950
. an dream do léighfeadh anmanna na dtreabh soin
whosoever should read,
TSh. 452
. an dream ag a maithfidhe a
bpeacaidhe dhóibh (= quorum remiseritis peccata),
Eochairsg.
7.6
.
da dhearbhadh cia an dream lér thuiteadar,
Keat. ii
1474
. So with gen.: do dreim na heiséirgi
resurrection-folk
,
ZCP viii 211.18
. cian a drem inguire uad those who would
have tended him,
O'Gr. Cat. 361.16
. dream an teagaisc
teachers
,
Gadelica 4.17
.
Rarely of animals or things: marbaid dam dreim de
lochdaib kill me some mice,
SG 313.18
.
atbert E. dreim dona
briathraib-se,
BB 422a37
.
Cf. dramm.