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Flit

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to move quickly and lightly from one place or thing to another
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Stage 1 of 2
flytja
Old Norse · medieval
"to move, to convey"
to convey, to move from one place to another
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Stage 2 of 2
flit
English · 1300s
"to move quickly and lightly"
settled as the English word for moving quickly and lightly
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