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Billow

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a large wave, or a swelling mass of smoke, cloth, or similar material
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Stage 1 of 2
bylgja
Old Norse · medieval
"a large wave"
a large wave or swell of water
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Stage 2 of 2
billow
English · 1530s
"a large wave, or a swelling mass of smoke or cloth"
settled as the English word for a large swelling wave, later smoke or cloth
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