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Die

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to stop living, or to cease to exist or function
1
Stage 1 of 2
deyja
Old Norse · medieval
"to die"
to die, to pass out of life
2
Stage 2 of 2
die
English · 1200s
"to stop living"
replaced the earlier native English word for ceasing to live
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