blome

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English blōma (“lump of metal, mass”)

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

  • blomer, blomere — A maker of iron blooms, an ironsmelter

References

  • Middle English Dictionary

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.
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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 blom/blome)

  1. to bloom, blossom, flower
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References

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

blōme m

  1. flower
  2. offspring

Declension

Descendants

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