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Drag

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to pull something along, especially with effort or resistance
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Stage 1 of 2
draga
Old Norse · medieval
"to pull, to haul"
to pull, to haul something along the ground
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Stage 2 of 2
drag
English · 1300s
"to pull something along with effort"
settled as the standard English word for pulling something with effort
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