Blowynge

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. Archaic term for the act of forcing out or moving air, as with a gust of wind ; the sounding of a horn or wind instrument ; the process of coming into bloom or flower
2. Old spelling of the action of driving air outwards or through something ; the playing of a horn or trumpet by breath ; the unfolding of petals as a plant comes into flower
3. A Middle English form meaning the puffing of air from the mouth or wind ; the sounding of a wind instrument by breath ; the budding and opening of flowers in spring

Etymology: "Blowynge" is a Middle English spelling of "blowing," the present participle of "blow." The "-ynge" ending is the Middle English form of the later "-ing" suffix, which was spelled in many different ways before printed English settled on "-ing." The verb itself comes from Old English "blāwan," which goes back to a Germanic root meaning to puff or breathe, and it is related to Latin "flare," also meaning to blow.