Old English · noun
bloma
Normalised blōma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈbloː.mɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈbloː · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bloomlumpextractedmetallurgymetalthemassore
Meaning
-
The (mass of) metal extracted from the ore; lump, mass
Īsenes blōma
a mass of iron (Som: Cot. 135)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Unknown, but probably a secondary sense to unrecorded *blōma (“flower”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.
Descendants
bloom
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