blóm

See also: blom

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• blómi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plouːm/

  Rhymes: -ouːm

Noun

blóm n (genitive singular blóms, nominative plural blóm)

1. a flower
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

Declension

Declension of blóm (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blóm	blómið	blóm	blómin
accusative	blóm	blómið	blóm	blómin
dative	blómi	blóminu	blómum	blómunum
genitive	blóms	blómsins	blóma	blómanna

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• blómi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Compare Old Saxon blōmo, Old High German bluomo, Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma).

Noun

blóm n

1. flower

Descendants

• Icelandic: blóm, blómi
• Faroese: blóma, blómi
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blom, blome
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blom, blome
• Old Swedish: blōme, blōma, ᛒᛚᚮᛘᚽ (Runic)
  • Swedish: blomma
• Old Danish: blomæ
  • Danish: blomme
    • Norwegian Bokmål: blomme
• → Middle English: blome, blom (“flower”)
  • English: bloom
  • Scots: blume, blum, bluim, bleem, blome