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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1599, 1652
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Blome, Blume, v. Also: blowme, blwme, bleum(e, blewm(e. [ME. blome(n, ON. blóma.] intr. To bloom or flower. Freq. in fig. use. (Rare and late in prose.)c1450-2 Howlat 626.
The branchis, that blomyt so brayd c1460 Thewis Wysmen 80.
The wysdome blwmys in thare face a1500 Henr. Fab. 1322.
The bewis braid blomit aboue my heid a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 20.
The sone, the mone, … quhilk sumtyme blomyt brycht 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 15.
The fragrant flouris blomand in thair seis 1501 Ib. i. 167.
To se the palice blume c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 479.
Bachilleris blyth, blwmyng in ȝouth 1513 Doug. xi. xv. 12.
In brovne sangwane … blomand brycht 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xii.
Howbeit ane schado blume 1535 Stewart 5618.
Blumand in ȝouth 15.. Clariodus ii. 1340.
Blossomis bluming with delyt 15.. Ib. v. Prol. 3.
When … bewis … blomis upon breid 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 124/21.
In my flouris of ȝouthheid blumand grene 1652 Lamont Diary 50.
The whine generallie did blome
