† tumbv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To tumble, to perform saltatory feats; to dance.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > perform acrobatics [verb (intransitive)]
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > acrobatic dancing > [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault
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c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 6 Ða on herodes gebyrd-dæge tumbude [Hatton MS. tumbede; L. saltavit] þære herodiadiscean dohtur beforan him.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 22 Þa ð a þære herodiadiscan dohtor inneode & tumbode [Hatt. MS. tumbede; L. saltasset].
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 365 Þe eorþe swelowede þe wenche þat tomblede [MSS. α and γ tombede (which represents Trevisa's own s.w. form)].
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- to join the banner of
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