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: 1500-1512
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Hummell, n. (? MDu. and Du. and MLG. hom(m)el, hummel, bumble-bee, drone.) —c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 18.
Wyld haschbaldis, haggarbaldis, and hummellis