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bloweþ

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Middle English form of “blows” or “blooms,” depending on context; it may describe wind moving or a flower opening into bloom.

Detailed Definition
"Bloweþ" is a Middle English verb form. In context it refers to flowers or plants blooming, which fits the poem's spring imagery, but the spelling is archaic and unfamiliar to modern readers.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “Groweþ sedand bloweþ medand,” bloweþ means “blooms” or “flowers”; “the wood now grows, seeds, blooms, and springs” traces seasonal renewal; springþ þe wde nu pairs the archaic verb with the living wood; a modern gloss might read, “the meadow blows with blossom”
Additional Notes
The form "bloweþ" is an archaic spelling that readers are unlikely to know immediately.; Found in the poem, Sumer is icumen in by W. de Wycombe
Also Known As
bloweth breathes whispers wafts
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