Blóm
Old Norse Dictionary - blóm
Meaning of Old Norse word "blóm"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blóm can mean:blóm
- blóm
- n. [Ulf. bloma, Matth. vi. 28; Engl. bloom; Germ. blume; A. S. blosma, Engl. blossom, answers to blómstr, qs. Lat. flos. The Icel. has not the primitive verb. Hel. blôan; Germ. blühen]:—a bloom, blossom, flower; hvít blóm á grasi, El. 24; lauf ok blóm ok aldin, 19; gras ok blóm, flowers, Edda 145 (pref.), FmS. v. 345; þótti honum á einum kvistinum fegrst b., Bárð. 164; ekki þótti henni blómit (the bloom or blossom on the tree) svá mikit á vera sem hón vildi, Ísl. ii. 14; kóróna af dýrligum blómum, Bret.
- blóm
- COMPDS: blómamikill, blómberandi, blómberanligr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)