blóm
See also: blom
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plouːm/
- Rhymes: -ouːm
Noun
blóm n (genitive singular blóms, nominative plural blóm)
- 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."
- 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."
- Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Compare Old Saxon blōmo, Old High German bluomo, Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma).
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