An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
Stolpern — Stolpern, verb. regul. neutr. welches das Hülfswort seyn erfordert, im Gehen anstoßen und dadurch aus dem Gleichgewichte gebracht werden, in der edlern Schreibart straucheln. Im Gehen stolpern, Es stolpert auch wohl ein gutes Pferd. Über einen… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
stumble — [14] Stumble was probably borrowed from an unrecorded Old Norse *stumla. This would have come, along with its first cousin stumra ‘trip’, from a prehistoric Germanic base *stum , *stam ‘check, impede’, which also produced English stammer and stem … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stumble — [c]/ˈstʌmbəl / (say stumbuhl) verb (stumbled, stumbling) –verb (i) 1. to strike the foot against something in walking, running, etc., so as to stagger or fall; trip. 2. to walk or go unsteadily. 3. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially… …
stem- — stem English meaning: to push; to stumble, stutter Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stoßen, anstoßen; stottern, stammeln; hemmen” Note: only Gmc. and Celt. Material: O.H.G. gistemōn, gistemēn , M.H.G. stemen “Einhalt tun”, O.H.G.… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
stumble — [14] Stumble was probably borrowed from an unrecorded Old Norse *stumla. This would have come, along with its first cousin stumra ‘trip’, from a prehistoric Germanic base *stum , *stam ‘check, impede’, which also produced English stammer and stem … Word origins
stumble — [stum′bəl] vi. stumbled, stumbling [ME stumblen < Scand, as in Norw dial. stumba, ON stumra < IE base * stem , to bump against, hamper > STAMMER, Ger stumm, Du stom, mute] 1. to trip or miss one s step in walking, running, etc. 2. to… … English World dictionary
