Variant or dialectal spelling of fummel; to handle clumsily or fumble about (archaic/dialectal).
An alternate spelling of 'fummel,' reflecting dialectal pronunciation variations in Middle English and early Modern English before standardization.
The existence of both 'fummel' and 'fummle' shows that spelling wasn't standardized until very recently—people wrote how they talked, so the same word had many correct versions.
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