tumbler (c.1310)
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tumbler (c.1310)

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[FEW: 13/ii,404a tumb-; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  tombler; TLF: ∅; OED:  tumble v.; MED:  tumblen v.; DMLBS: ∅]
toumbler  

v.n.

1to tumble, fall: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Mes ly e son cheval fet a un mont trébucher (var. (P: c.1310) en un tas tumbler )  2964 (var)
♦ fig. to stumble, stagger: 
( 1381-85; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  quant nous feusmes en point de ceestre ou toumbler, nous avez duement en nostre estate redressé  395
tumber 
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