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BLÓSTMA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m. [ = blóstm a blossom]
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower; flos
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  • Swá swá blósma ǽceres swá he blóweþ

    tamquam flos agri sic efflorebit,

      Ps. Lamb. 102, 15.

  • Ofer hine scír cymeþ mínra [minre MS.] sóþfæst blóstma

    super ipsum florebit sanctificatio mea,

      Ps. Th. 131, 19.

  • Ðeáh ðe lílie sý beorht on blóstman, ic eom betre ðonne heó

    though the lily be bright in its blossom, I am better than it,

      Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 26; Rä. 41, 28: Ps. Th. 102, 14.

  • Ne feallaþ on foldan fealwe blóstman

    the fallow blossoms fall not on earth,

      Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74.

  • Ic geseah ðone fægrestan feld full grówendra blóstma

    I saw the most beautiful field full of growing flowers,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 20.

  • Ellenes blósman genim

    take blossoms of elder,

      L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 288, 2.

  • Ic geseah ðǽr on weaxende blósman litlum and litlum, and æfter ðám blósmum wínberigean

    I saw blossoms growing thereon by little and little, and after the blossoms grapes [lit. wine-berries ],

      Gen. 40, 10.

  • He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan

    he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather,

      Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32.

  • Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ

    then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers,

      Menol. Fox 179; Men. 91: Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 31; Seef. 48.
Etymology
[Tynd. blossom: Chauc. Piers P. blosme: Orm. blostme: Dut. bloesem, m: O. Dut. blosem, Kil: Dan. blomst, c: Swed. blomster, n: Icel. blómstr, m.]
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v.  blóstm.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÓSTMA.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4741.

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