blome

== Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbloːm(ə)/ IPA(key): /blyːm/ (Northern) === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Old Norse blómi, blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. If this is from the variant blóm, the final vowel is from the Old Norse oblique cases or Etymology 2. ==== Alternative forms ==== blom ==== Noun ==== blome (plural blomes) A blossom or bloom; the flower of a plant. Blossoming; the process where flowers appear. The best or most prominent of a group; the flower. (rare) An appellation for Jesus Christ, among other religious figures ===== Derived terms ===== blomen ===== Descendants ===== English: bloom Scots: blume, blum, bluim, bleem, blome ===== References ===== “blọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 July 2018. Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “blom n.”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎[1], University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield. === 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 ==== blume ==== Noun ==== blome (plural blomes) 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 ===== blomer, blomere — A maker of iron blooms, an ironsmelter ===== Descendants ===== English: bloom ===== References ===== “blọ̄me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 July 2018. === Etymology 3 === From blome (noun). ==== Verb ==== blome 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 ==== blom ==== Noun ==== blome m (definite singular blomen, indefinite plural blomar, definite plural blomane) a flower bloom (the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open) ===== Synonyms ===== blomster ===== Derived terms ===== stemorsblome === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse blóma. ==== Alternative forms ==== bloma (a infinitive) ==== Verb ==== blome (present tense blomar, past tense bloma, past participle bloma, passive infinitive blomast, present participle blomande, imperative blome/blom) to bloom, blossom, flower ===== Synonyms ===== bløma, bløme blomstra, blomstre === References === “blome” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === blōma, ᛒᛚᚮᛘᚽ (Runic) === Etymology === From Old Norse blómi, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. === Noun === blōme m flower offspring ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: blomma