A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1452, 1530-1540, 1597-1598
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Blomand, Blumand, ppl. a. Also: blomeand, blowmand, bleu-, bleumand, blumyng. [f. Blome v.] Blooming. (Rare and late in prose.)a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 867 (blowmand bewte); xxxviii. 232 (bleumand blis). c1450-2 Howlat 556 (sternis blyth, blomand, and bricht). 1535 Stewart 639 (the blumand bewis); 12178 (with blumand vult). c1530-40 Id. Bann. MS. 216 b/35 (sa blumyng bewty). a1598 Ferg. Prov. 6 (a blomeand visage).
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