"blosmen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈblɔsmən/
Etymology: From Old English blostmian; equivalent to blosme + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|blostmian}} Old English blostmian, {{af|enm|blosme|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} blosme + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} blosmen, {{enm-verb|stem=blosm}} blosmen (third-person singular simple present blosmeth, present participle blosmende, blosmynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle blosmed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|blosm}} Forms: blosmeth [present, singular, third-person], blosmende [participle, present], blosmynge [participle, present], blosmed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], blosmen [infinitive], to blosmen [infinitive], blosme [infinitive], blosme [first-person, present, singular], blosmed [first-person, past, singular], blosmest [present, second-person, singular], blosmedest [past, second-person, singular], blosmeth [present, singular, third-person], blosmed [past, singular, third-person], blosme [present, singular, subjunctive], blosmed [past, singular, subjunctive], blosme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], blosmen [plural, present], blosme [plural, present], blosmeden [past, plural], blosmede [past, plural], blosmeth [imperative, plural, present], blosme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], blosmynge [participle, present], blosmende [participle, present], blosmed [participle, past], yblosmed [participle, past], blosme [alternative], blosmyn [alternative], blossemen [alternative], blossmen [alternative]
  1. To blossom or flower.
    Sense id: en-blosmen-enm-verb-0gOb51kE Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Botany, Flowers Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Botany: 86 0 14 Disambiguation of Flowers: 45 25 30
  2. To start to thrive.
    Sense id: en-blosmen-enm-verb-ROutIrAx Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 30 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From Old English blostman, nominative plural of blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmaniz, nominative plural of *blōstmô; equivalent to blosme + -en (plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|blostman|nocat=1}} Old English blostman, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*blōstmaniz|nocat=1}} Proto-Germanic *blōstmaniz, {{af|enm|blosme|-en|id2=noun plural|nocat=1|pos2=plural suffix}} blosme + -en (plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} blosmen
  1. plural of blosme Tags: form-of, plural Form of: blosme
    Sense id: en-blosmen-enm-verb-sI3cKDQP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 27 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 30 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "form": "blosmeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blosmede",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blosme",
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      ]
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      "form": "blosmyn",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔsmən/"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "blosme",
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      "form": "blosmyn",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "blostman",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English blostman",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blōstmaniz",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blōstmaniz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "blosme",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "noun plural",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "plural suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "blosme + -en (plural suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English blostman, nominative plural of blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmaniz, nominative plural of *blōstmô; equivalent to blosme + -en (plural suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "blosmen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "blosme"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of blosme"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blosme",
          "blosme#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blosmen"
}

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