A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1500-1599
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Humbilnes, n. [ME. and e.m.E. humblenesse.] = Humilnes n. —?1438 Alex. i. 396.
Gud cumpanie and humbilnes 15.. Clariodus iii. 1600.
With suggerit wordis of great humbilnes, Thay comfortit him