Noun: blostma
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | blōstma |
| Plural | blōstman |
Genitive
| Singular | blōstman |
| Plural | blōstmena |
Dative
| Singular | blōstman |
| Plural | blōstmum |
Accusative
| Singular | blōstman |
| Plural | blōstman |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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Iċ ġeseah þone fæġerostan feld fulne grōwendra blostmena. (I saw the most beautiful field full of growing flowers.)
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Exeter Book, riddle 40 (Though a lily is bright in its bloom, I am better than it.)
Nouns inflected like blostma
blostma,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blōstmō, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with Old Norse blómstr. See: Old Norse Nouns '
blómstr'.
Verbs referencing "blostma"
English Nouns
flower, Dutch Nouns
bloesem, Middle English Nouns
blosme.
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