"tumben" meaning in Middle English

See tumben in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tumbeth [present, singular, third-person], tumbende [participle, present], tumbynge [participle, present], tumbed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], tomben [alternative], toumbe [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English tumbian (“to tumble”) (from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”)) and Anglo-Norman toumber (“to fall”) (Old French tumber), itself perhaps from the same Germanic verb via Frankish. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:der|ang:tumbian<t:to tumble>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to tumble", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*tūmōną", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*tumbōn", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "tumbian", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "tumben", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="tumben">, {{der|enm|ang|tumbian||to tumble}} Old English tumbian (“to tumble”), {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tūmōną||to turn, rotate}} Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”), {{der|enm|xno|toumber||to fall}} Anglo-Norman toumber (“to fall”), {{der|enm|fro|tumber}} Old French tumber, {{der|enm|frk|-}} Frankish Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} tumben, {{enm-verb|stem=tumb}} tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)
  1. to fall, tumble
    Sense id: en-tumben-enm-verb-YfN3VIs7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: tumbeth [present, singular, third-person], tumbende [participle, present], tumbynge [participle, present], tumbed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person]
Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} tumben, {{enm-verb|stem=tumb}} tumben (third-person singular simple present tumbeth, present participle tumbende, tumbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tumbed)
  1. alternative form of tomben (“to inter”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tomben (extra: to inter)
    Sense id: en-tumben-enm-verb-IAZZyObj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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