blome

See also: Blome and bløme

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbloːm(ə)/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /blyːm/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. The final vowel is from the Old Norse oblique cases or Etymology 2.

Alternative forms

Noun

blome (plural blomes)

  1. A bloom; the flower of a plant.
  2. Blooming; blossoming; the process where flowers appear.
  3. The state of being first-ranked or of first priority.
  4. (rare) An appellation for Jesus Christ, among other religious figures
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: bloom
  • Scots: blume, blum, bluim, bleem, blome
References

Etymology 2

From Old English blōma (lump of metal, mass), possibly a specialised sense of blōma (flower); in that case, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

Alternative forms

Noun

blome (plural blomes)

  1. A lump of metal; a squared mass of metal (especially smelted or wrought iron) of roughly standard weight; a bloomery
    Mony fyndes...casten blomes of brennynge yerne ynto þe see. A Collection of Homilies by Johannes Mirkus, 1500
    ... a contract for supplying wood and ore for iron "blomes" at Kirskill near Otley, ... Samuel Smile, "Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers", 1863
Derived terms
Descendants
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Etymology 3

From blome (noun).

Verb

blome

  1. Alternative form of blomen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bluːmə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blómi, blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Akin to English bloom.

Alternative forms

Noun

blome m (definite singular blomen, indefinite plural blomar, definite plural blomane)

  1. a flower
    Solsikka er ein vakker blom.
    The sunflower is a beautiful flower.
  2. bloom (the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open)
    Kirsebærtrea står i blom.
    The cherry trees are in bloom.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse blóma.

Alternative forms

Verb

blome (present tense blomar, past tense bloma, past participle bloma, passive infinitive blomast, present participle blomande, imperative blome/blom)

  1. to bloom, blossom, flower
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References

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse blómi, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

Noun

blōme m

  1. flower
  2. offspring

Declension

Descendants

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