† humblen.1
Obsolete.
= homily n. a.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun]
lorespellc1000
sermona1200
homilyc1386
collation1417
humble1550
pronea1670
1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. B.viv H slubbers vp his seruice and he can not reade the humbles.
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humblen.2
Obsolete.
In plural. The inwards of a deer or other beast; = umbles n. 1a, numbles n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > pluck, offal, or tripe
tripea1300
numblesc1330
tripea1400
chitterling?c1400
giblet14..
hasletc1400
umbles14..
womb cloutc1400
garbage1422
offala1425
interlardc1440
hinge1469
draught?a1475
mugget1481
paunch1512
purtenance1530
pertinence1535
chawdron1578
menudes1585
humblesa1592
gut?1602
pluck1611
sheep's-pluck1611
fifth quarter1679
trail1764
fry1847
chitling1869
small goods1874
black tripe1937
variety meat1942
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of deer > cuts or parts
numblesc1330
umbles14..
forcher1486
fenchec1560
flankard1567
inchpin1575
humblesa1592
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4 Lacy. What haue you fit for breakefast?… Margret. Butter and cheese and humbls of a Deere.
1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. v. 76 The humbles was ever my dogges fee, which by the wesell, was hanged on the barre in the Chimny, for his diet only.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋1 Without telling..who has the Humbles, who the Haunch, and who the Legs of the last Stag.
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humbleadj.
/ˈhʌmb(ə)l/ 1. Having a low estimate of one's importance, worthiness, or merits; marked by the absence of self-assertion or self-exaltation; lowly: the opposite of proud.
a. Of persons.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]
heanc825
daftc1000
edmedec1000
edmodc1000
edmodeda1175
sheepishc1175
deftc1220
edmodi?c1225
lowc1225
humblec1250
beienlichc1275
buxoma1300
meekc1325
benign1377
lowlya1382
contemptiblec1384
pridelessc1395
humil1488
low-down1548
unproud1570
demiss1572
unpuffed1577
afflicted1590
unselfdelicious1605
cottagely1653
unselfvaluing1668
simplified1721
demissivea1763
stateless1844
maiden-meek1847
vanityless1854
patronizable1884
c1250 Old Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 30 Ure lord god almichti..þurch his grace maked of þo euele manne good man, of þe orgeilus umble.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋686 Humble folk been cristes freendes.
c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 79 Vnto the wolffe contrarye of nature..is this oumbbylle best [sheep].
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxciijv Neither to wanton nor to humble.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 7 I am an humble Sutor to your Vertues. View more context for this quotation
a1639 J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ (1640) ix. 130 Christ was Humble, they are proud.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 505 Thy sum of duty let two words contain..Be humble, and be just.
1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1882) 3rd Ser. xvii. 241 God..places the humble consistent follower and the broken-hearted sinner on a level.
1899 N.E.D. at Humble Mod. A humble follower of the Master.
b. Of qualities, attributes, actions, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > of qualities or actions
humblec1374
poorc1500
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 68 (124) She hym thonkyd oft in humble chere.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 64 There ben louers of such a sort, That feignen hem an humble port.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxi. 130 154 His umble service we pray you alow.
1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Morninge Prayer sig. .iv I praye and beseche you..to accompanye me wyth a pure heart & humble voyce.
1662 Bk. Com. Prayer, Gen. Thanksgiving We thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 13 I..spoke in the humblest Accent.
1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 95 There can be..in my humble opinion, no doubt on the subject.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. ii. 475 He..made the humblest professions of fidelity.
c. Used formally, esp. in subscriptions to letters, in addressing a person regarded as one's superior. your humble n. used elliptically for ‘your humble servant’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > used in addressing a superior
humblec1386
the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > humble people > in addressing a superior
your humble1765
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood > self > I > me
meeOE
my worshipa1500
moi1760
your humble1765
us1828
yours truly1833
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 768 I neuere heeld me lady ne maistresse But humble seruant to youre worthynesse.
1414 Rolls Parl. IV. 22/2 Oure soverain Lord, youre humble and trewe lieges that ben come for the Co[mmun]e of youre lond.
1450 Impeachm. Duke of Suffolk in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 120 Sheweth and piteuously compleyneth youre humble trewe obeisantes Comunes.
1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 566 Your humbylest seruaunt, J. of Gelston.
1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 169 Your Majesties most faithfull and most humble subject and servant, Ormonde.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler Ep. Ded. 6 I am really, Sir, Your most affectionate Friend, and most humble Servant, Iz. Wa. View more context for this quotation
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋8 The humble Petition of Penelope Prim, Widow.
1765 S. Foote Commissary ii. 41 Madam Mechlin, your humble.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. iii. 117 His coldness has driven them from his mansion to that of your humble servant.
1808 in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. (1831) II. 55 I have the honour to be, Dear Sir, your faithful humble servant, Wm. Pinkney.
1835 C. Dickens Let. 2 May (1965) I. 58 The next stage, your humble, caught them before they had changed.
1926 D. H. Lawrence Let. 4 Jan. (1962) II. 875 As for your humble, he says his say in bits.
1929 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 359 ‘And where does he get his champagne?’ ‘From grateful appendices—same as your bloody 'umble,’ said Scree.
2. † b. Of local situation: Low-lying, not elevated.
a. Of lowly condition, rank, or estate; of modest dimensions; modest, unpretentious.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective]
leasteOE
wokec897
littleOE
lowc1175
eathlyc1200
smallc1275
simplec1300
meana1375
humblec1386
ignoble1447
servile1447
base1490
slighta1500
sober1533
silly1568
unresponsal1579
dunghilled1600
villainous1607
without name1611
woollena1616
dunghilly1616
unresponsible1629
under-stateda1661
low-down1865
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) 682 From humble bed to roial magestee Up roos he Iulius the Conquerour. (So Harl., Hengw., Camb. MSS.; Corp., Petw., Lans. Fro humblehede and fro Roial Maieste.)
c1400 Rom. Rose 6148 Sikerest hyding Is undirneth humblest clothing.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlvj An humble page.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 152 I am from humble, he from honored name. View more context for this quotation
1621 T. W. in tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard A iij A man of an obscure and humble condition.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 46 She retired to her humble bed.
1852 G. Long Pref. Caesar's Comm. 9 An humble friend, a man unknown to fame.
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 38 A church or oratory of humble character.
1899 N.E.D. at Humble Mod. The duties of a humble station.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective]
lowc1225
base?a1425
howea1500
low-down1548
humble1579
lowly1579
low-lying1809
low-level1845
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > [adjective]
lowc1300
lowland1567
humble1579
low country1581
bottomy1635
subjacent1648
flat-lying1762
down country1827
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 13 In humble dales is footing fast, the trode is not so tickle.
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 82 Upon a Terrass, as most Houses high, Though from this prospect humble to your eye.
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks 40 The Rivers Rea and Isis, which break out..in the County of Oxon..draw their original from so humble a Plain, that there is scarce any Declivity sufficient for their Current.
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks 75 Water is conveyed with more Ease into the humble Plains below.
c. Of plants: Low-growing. (Now often with some figurative notion of a.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > low-growing
humil1567
base1578
humble1658
grovelling1750
underling1830
the world > plants > [adjective] > lowly or humble
grovelling1750
humble1860
lowly1886
1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 53 These Dews..being observed much more..upon the humble shrub, then upon trees.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 601 It is a smaller and more humble plant than the G. sanguineum.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 102 Lichen, and mosses (..for the most part humblest of the green things that live).
1899 N.E.D. at Humble Mod. The species are mostly of humble growth.
d. humble plant n. the common Sensitive plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant
sensitive plant1640
shrinking shrub1640
humble plant1664
sensitive1707
touch-me-not1728
mimosa1731
inga tree1756
soldier-wood1823
inga1838
soldier-plant1864
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 80 That all Vegetables (as well as the Sensitive and humble Plants) have this latter kind of Sensation, as well as Animals.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 114/1 The Humble Plant will fall of its own accord, when you come near it.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 341 Humble plant is one of the sensitives, the property of which is to close its leaves or drop them upon being touched.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Humble Plant, Mimosa pudica.
e. humble palmetto n. the jipijapa or panama hat palm, Carludovica palmata.
ΚΠ
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 330 The humble Palmeto, with round foot-stalks.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 838/2 Palmetto, humble, Carludovica insignis.
Compounds
Parasynthetic, as humble-hearted, humble-minded, humble-mouthed, humble-spirited, humble-visaged adjs.; whence humble-mindedness, etc.; quasi-adverbial in humble-acting adj.
ΚΠ
1573 New Custome i. ii. sig. B.jv The humble spirted is termed a foole, or a lowte.
1580 T. Pounde in H. Foley Jesuits in Conflict (1873) 109 That might soe be amonge the humble-minded.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V4 Humble-hartednesse and harty earnestnes.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 34 Like humble visage Suters.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 105 Y'are meek, & humble -mouth'd. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 442. ⁋3 Whether the Ambitious or Humble-minded.
1738 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 34 A serious humble-acting Christian.
1893 Athenæum 24 June 790/2 His truthfulness was not less conspicuous than the humblemindedness of which it was the parent.
1905 W. James in McClure's Mag. May 4/1 It must be confessed that T. D. never was exactly humble-minded.
1961 Bible (New Eng.) Matt. xi. 29 Bend your necks to my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-hearted.
1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Pet. iii. 8 Be full of brotherly affection, kindly and humble-minded.
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humblev.1
1. transitive. To render humble or meek in spirit; to cause to think more lowly of oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)]
edmodienc1175
lowc1175
meekc1175
lessa1382
abatec1390
abasea1393
belowc1400
meekenc1400
disadvance?c1425
simplec1450
lowlyc1485
humilea1492
chasten1526
to pare the nails ofa1549
lessen1579
vail1582
to take (something) a hole lower1591
destate1615
humblea1616
thorough-humblea1617
humiliate1656
level1712
unnichea1751
to level up, down1791
unpedestal1821
to take the starch out of1830
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 135 Loue's a mighty Lord, And hath so humbled me. View more context for this quotation
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cii. 14 Paraphr.) 500 If they shall be truly sensible of thy punishments, and humbled for their sins.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 39 An account of the lowliness of our own origin, if it cannot amuse, will at least serve to humble us.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 161 When we ask to be humbled, we must not recoil from being humiliated.
2. To lower in dignity, position, condition, or degree; to bring low, abase.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]
anitherOE
fellOE
lowc1175
to lay lowc1225
to set adownc1275
snuba1340
meekc1350
depose1377
aneantizea1382
to bring lowa1387
declinea1400
meekenc1400
to pull downc1425
avalec1430
to-gradea1440
to put downc1440
humble1484
alow1494
deject?1521
depress1526
plucka1529
to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533
to bring down1535
to bring basec1540
adbass1548
diminish1560
afflict1561
to take down1562
to throw down1567
debase1569
embase1571
diminute1575
to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576
exinanite1577
to take (a person) a peg lower1589
to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589
disbasea1592
to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592
comb-cut1593
unpuff1598
atterr1605
dismount1608
annihilate1610
crest-fall1611
demit1611
pulla1616
avilea1617
to put a scorn on, upon1633
mortify1639
dimit1658
to put a person's pipe out1720
to let down1747
to set down1753
humiliate1757
to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789
start1821
squabash1822
to wipe a person's eye1823
to crop the feathers of1827
embarrass1839
to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
to cut out of all feather1865
to sit on ——1868
to turn down1870
to score off1882
to do (a person) in the eye1891
puncture1908
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
to cut down to size1927
flatten1932
to slap (a person) down1938
punk1963
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xx The prowde shall be allway humbled.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 469 All humbled on your knees. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxii. 24 Because he hath humbled his neighbours wife. View more context for this quotation
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Mddx. 176 Though the purity thereof is much subject to be humbled with the Mildew.
1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) ii. v. 245 The highest Mountains may be humbled into Valleys.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 478 To humble the Church was the king's next step.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 34 A French soldier is not to be humbled in the opinion of his countrymen or of himself.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 500 The Catholic League [was] humbled in the dust.
3. † b. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete or dialect.
a. reflexive. To render oneself humble; to assume a humble attitude; to do obeisance, bow. archaic. [Compare medieval Latin se humiliare, per adorationem inclinare se, genua flectere (Du Cange).]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (reflexive)]
meekc1175
humblec1380
meekenc1450
lowlyc1485
humiliate1533
abase1539
demean1659
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (reflexive)] > bow
abowa1225
humblec1380
bowa1400
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4965 Toward Mahoun he humblede him þan.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 111 Our king hath..humbled him in such a wise To hem that were of none emprise.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) x. 24 A grete lady tooke of her hood and humbled her self curtoysly vnto a tayloure.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxiiiiv The army..humbled them selfes mekely before the crosse.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 807 All the people did humble themselves, laying earth upon their heads.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 90 How far Charles V. humbled himself to the Pope.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xix. 364 Let us humble ourselves under God's hand.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (intransitive)]
to eat one's words1571
humblea1592
to eat (any one's) toads1815
to eat humble pie1830
to grovel in the dust or dirt1865
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey
loutc825
abowOE
bowa1000
kneel?a1000
kneec1000
crookc1320
to bow the knee1382
inclinec1390
crouchc1394
croukc1394
coucha1500
plya1500
to make or do courtesy1508
beck1535
to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548
curtsya1556
dopc1557
binge1562
jouk1567
beckon1578
benda1586
humblea1592
vaila1593
to scrape a leg1602
congee1606
to give the stoop1623
leg1628
scrape1645
to drop a curtsy1694
salaam1698
boba1794
dip1818
to make (also perform) a cheese1834
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. I Great potentates..Thinke that prince Edward humbles at your feet.
1635 Tom a Lincolne in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) II. 236 I..have made princes stoope and kings to humble when I have frownde.
1891 Daily News 17 Oct. 3/2 The charities..in many cases do not go to the most needy, ‘who will not humble to ask for them’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)] > offer humbly
humblec1639
the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer in specific manner
prostrate1553
blandish?1614
humblec1639
peddle1805
c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iv. 29 Let us attend, to humble our best thanks, For these high favours.
Derivatives
humbled adj. /ˈhʌmb(ə)ld/
/ˈhʌmb(ə)ld/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > made humble
meekeda1382
meekened1539
humbleda1616
abased1658
chasteneda1785
state-fallen1845
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective]
dejectc1528
broken1535
abased1554
come1564
downfallen1575
snubbed1583
crestfallen1589
humiliate1593
plume-plucked1597
low-broughta1599
chop-fallen1604
chap-fallen1608
dejected1608
humbleda1616
unprided1628
diminished1667
mortified1710
small1771
humiliated1782
squelched1837
grovelleda1845
sat-upon1873
comedown1886
deflated1894
zapped1962
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowered in position
based1577
humbleda1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 5 The common executioner..Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, But first begs pardon. View more context for this quotation
ˈhumbling n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > making humble
meekinga1333
chastening1526
meekening1537
abasing1548
humbling1549
unperching1586
remissiona1628
the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [noun]
humbling1549
prostration1619
self-abasement1641
self-nothingness1647
humicubation1656
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > making humble
abasing1615
chastening1667
meekening1698
humblinga1732
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. iv. f. viiiv Throughe lowlinesse and humbleyng of hymselfe.
1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 317 Of melting humblings.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 145 The prayers and cries of his humbled people in their humbling circumstances.
1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 1 Mar. 129/2 They should meet with no whining self-humblings.
1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxxviii. 215 On this occasion the English government and public have made a humbling spectacle.
ˈhumblingly adv. in a humbling or humiliating manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb] > in a humiliating manner
humiliatingly1782
humblingly1837
snubbingly1860
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. (1839) II. 310 Selfishly timid, humblingly dependent.
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† humblev.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. To rumble; to mumble; to hum or buzz as a bee. Exemplified chiefly in humbling n.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble
humblingc1384
bubblinga1398
hurlinga1398
grolling1398
rumblec1405
rumblingc1405
rolling1535
blumbering1556
roll1602
rumblement1604
grumblinga1616
lumbering1621
volutation1640
lumber1752
growlery1830
growl1833
growling1834
grumble1899
strumble1938
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > humming
humblingc1384
hum1630
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound > hum
humblingc1384
hummingc1440
hum1601
reel1747
reeling1747
bum1790
bumble1834
brum1842
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > humming or buzzing
humblingc1384
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble
gothelec1290
gurlc1380
bubblea1398
wharc1400
rumblec1450
rolla1522
lumber?1527
jumble1530
thumble1584
humble1617
grumblea1625
strumble1645
growl1744
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > hum
humble1617
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [verb (intransitive)] > buzz or hum (of bees)
humble1617
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > monotonous sound > hum
humc1420
boomc1440
sum?1440
bum1499
humble1617
spin1851
zoon1880
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c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 531 Lyke the last humblynge After a clappe of oo thundringe.
a1555 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. Lord's Prayer in 27 Serm. (1562) f. 10v It is better to say it sententiously one time than to runne it ouer an hundreth tymes with humblynge and mumbling.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 A great hurly burlye the wyndblasts Would keepe..wyth woonderus humbling.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 12 Lyke bees..That flirt in soonbeams, and toyle with mutterus humbling.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas To Humble or humme like a Bee.
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