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: 1500-1599
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Blomit, (Blumit,) ppl. a. Also blomyt, -et, -ed. [e.m.E. bloomed (1523); f. Blome n. or v.] Bloomed, blossomed. (Only in poetry.)1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. iii (the blomed treis). c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 55 (the blomyt medis). 1513 Doug. vi. xi. 59 (the blomyt lylleis); xii. Prol. 95 (in the blomyt ȝard); etc. 15.. Clariodus v. 1611 (in the blomit spray). c1590 J. Stewart 18/134 (blomit brais); 54/50 (the blomit branchis greine).
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