Middle English

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• blom

Noun

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

1. a flower

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)

1. to bloom, blossom, flower

Synonyms

• bløma, bløme
• blomstra, blomstre

References

• “blome” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

blōme m

1. flower
2. offspring

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: blomma