blowynge

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English blāwung; equivalent to blowen (“to blow”) +‎ -ing.

Alternative forms

• bloweing, blowing, blowinge, blowyng, bloynge
• blawyng (Northern)
• blawing, blawunge (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔu̯inɡ(ə)/
• (early or Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑu̯inɡ(ə)/

Noun

blowynge (plural blowynges)

1. Breathing, respiration (the movement of air in and out of the mouth).
2. The blowing (of horns); sounding (of music).
3. The blowing of a fire (to strengthen it).
4. (rare) Blowing (the movement of wind or air).
5. (rare) The process of working or refining metal.
6. (rare, medicine) Inflammation or swelling of a body part.

Descendants

• English: blowing
• Scots: blawin

References

• “blouing, ger.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English blāwende; equivalent to blowen (“to blow”) +‎ -ing.

Alternative forms

• blowende

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔu̯inɡ(ə)/
• (early or Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑu̯inɡ(ə)/

Verb

blowynge

2. present participle of blowen (“to blow”)

Descendants

• English: blowing
• Scots: blawin

Etymology 3

From blowen (“to blossom”) +‎ -ing.

Alternative forms

• blewing, blowyng

Noun

blowynge

2. blooming, blossoming (of flowers)

References

• “blouing, ger.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.