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title="blóma">blóma</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">bloma</strong> (<i>present tense</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/blomar#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="blomar">blomar</a></b>, <i>past tense</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><strong class="selflink">bloma</strong></b>, <i>past participle</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><strong class="selflink">bloma</strong></b>, <i>passive infinitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=blomast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="blomast (page does not exist)">blomast</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=blomande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="blomande (page does not exist)">blomande</a></b>, <i>imperative</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><strong class="selflink">bloma</strong>/<a href="/wiki/blom#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="blom">blom</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>to <a href="/wiki/bloom" title="bloom">bloom</a>, <a href="/wiki/blossom" title="blossom">blossom</a>, <a href="/wiki/flower" title="flower">flower</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/bl%C3%B8ma#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="bløma">bløma</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/bl%C3%B8me#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="bløme">bløme</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/blomstra#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="blomstra">blomstra</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/blomstre#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="blomstre">blomstre</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/nn/search?q=blome">“blome”</a> in <i>The Nynorsk Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_English">Old English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Old English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unknown, but probably a secondary sense to unrecorded <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_English/bloma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old English/bloma (page does not exist)">*blōma</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">flower</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/bl%C5%8Dm%C5%8D" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/blōmō">*blōmō</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bl%C5%8Dm%C3%B4" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/blōmô">*blōmô</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Old_English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Old English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbloː.mɑ/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ang">blōma</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>nominative plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/metallurgy" title="metallurgy">metallurgy</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The (mass of) <a href="/wiki/metal" title="metal">metal</a> extracted from the <a href="/wiki/ore" title="ore">ore</a>; <a href="/wiki/lump" title="lump">lump</a>, <a href="/wiki/mass" title="mass">mass</a> <ul><li><span class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation" lang="ang">Īsenes blōma</span> ― <span class="e-translation">a mass of iron</span> (<span class="e-source">Som: Cot. 135</span>)</span></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" style="width:30em; max-width:100%;"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#eff7ff">Declension of <i>blōma</i> (weak) </div> <div class="NavContent"> <table style="background: #F9F9F9; text-align:left; width:30em; max-width:100%;" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/case" title="case">Case</a> </th> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; font-size: 90%; width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">Singular</a> </th> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; font-size: 90%; width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">Plural</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"><a href="/wiki/nominative_case" title="nominative case">nominative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang nom|sg-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><strong class="selflink">blōma</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang nom|pl-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"><a href="/wiki/accusative_case" title="accusative case">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang acc|sg-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang acc|pl-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"><a href="/wiki/genitive_case" title="genitive case">genitive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang gen|sg-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang gen|pl-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=blomena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="blomena (page does not exist)">blōmena</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #EFEFFF; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"><a href="/wiki/dative_case" title="dative case">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang dat|sg-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/bloman#Old_English" title="bloman">blōman</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ang dat|pl-form-of origin-blōma" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=blomum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="blomum (page does not exist)">blōmum</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=goldbloma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="goldbloma (page does not exist)">goldblōma</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/blome#Middle_English" title="blome">blome</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style> <ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bloom#English" title="bloom">bloom</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=bloma&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Richard_Clark_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:John Richard Clark Hall">John R. Clark Hall</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1916</span>) “bloma”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Concise_Anglo-Saxon_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary">A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_clarkhall_about.html">[1]</a></sup>, 2nd edition, New York: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (<span class="None" lang="und">1898</span>) “bloma”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Anglo-Saxon_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary">An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary</a></cite>, 2nd edition, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a></span></span>.</li> <li>Gerhard Köbler, Altenglisches Wörterbuch, 2003</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bloma&oldid=79116525">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bloma&oldid=79116525</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a 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