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Bull

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means an adult male of cattle or other large animal species
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Stage 1 of 2
boli
Old Norse · medieval
"a male bovine"
a male bovine animal
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Stage 2 of 2
bull
English · 1200s
"an adult male bovine animal"
settled as the standard English word for the male of cattle
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