Old English · noun
blostma
Normalised blōstma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈbloːst.mɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈbloːst · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- flowerblossomfloweringbloomingbloom
Meaning
-
flower, blossom
Iċ ġeseah þone fæġerostan feld fulne grōwendra blostmena.
I saw the most beautiful field full of growing flowers.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History -
blossom, bloom; blooming, flowering
Exeter Book, riddle 40
Though a lily is bright in its bloom, I am better than it.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blōstmō, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with Old Norse blómstr.
Descendants
blossom
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