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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1804, 1920-1923, 1998
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BLUME, Blüme, Bluim, v. and n. Sc. forms of Eng. bloom. Cf. Bleem, n. [blym em.Sc.(a), sm.Sc., s.Sc.; blɪm em.Sc.(b), wm.Sc.; bløm I.Sc., sn.Sc.]
1. v.Fif. 1998 Tom Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 4:
Tristan, We twa cuid never blume in a bien bield
Owerhung wi caunopies an taupestries.Lnk. 1923 G. Rae 'Mang Lowland Hills 47:
I can hear the sang o' the lark in the simmer morn, When the hedge-raws blume 'neth the touch o' a heavenly haun.Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 210:
Short bluims the maiden in your ha's: Whan dried your bluidy sword!
2. n.
(1) A blossom.Ags. 1920 A. Gray Songs, etc., from Heine 15:
The tears I greet are changit Into the blümes o' spring.
(2) “Potato tops” (Ags.1 1935).
[O.Sc. blome, blume, blewm(e), n. and v. (D.O.S.T.); n.Mid.Eng. blome, Mid.Eng. blome(n), to bloom; Goth. blôma, O.N. blôm, a bloom.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Blume v., n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Feb 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/blume>
