Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
humble .
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Examples
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Bumblebee and hop are the same word humle in Norwegian, and "surrete" has a lot of connotations not too far from "confused", in addition of being the bzzzzing of the bumblebees.
Den surrete humle "Blackmail" and "The (Bitter) End" magnio 2006
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The reason given is that the name Dumbledore comes from a British dialect word for "bumblebee," and humle is Norwegian for "bumblebee," while snurr means "to whirr."
Archive 2007-07-01 Kylopod 2007
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The reason given is that the name Dumbledore comes from a British dialect word for "bumblebee," and humle is Norwegian for "bumblebee," while snurr means "to whirr."
Clever translations Kylopod 2007
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In my humle opinion, this is why Chicago will never change because Chicagoans are not savvy people.
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Med humle brygges mjödet, ej blott med honung; lägg stål i svärd och allvar i leken, konung!
Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814
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I gat the humle-cow, that's the best in the byre, frae black Frank Inglis and Sergeant Bothwell, for ten pund
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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I gat the humle-cow, that's the best in the byre, frae black Frank Inglis and Sergeant Bothwell, for ten pund
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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In my humle opinion and the opinion of the educated majority, much of what is already copyrighted is unfortunately abused and put out on the market for ambitious interests and wrongly proffitted sales.
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In my humle opinion and the opinion of the educated majority, much of what is already copyrighted is unfortunately abused and put out on the market for ambitious interests and wrongly proffitted sales.
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I gat the humle-cow, that’s the best in the byre, frae black Frank Inglis and Sergeant
Old Mortality 2004
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