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Lift

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to raise something to a higher position
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Stage 1 of 2
lypta
Old Norse · medieval
"to raise up"
to raise, to elevate something upward
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Stage 2 of 2
lift
English · 1200s
"to raise something to a higher position"
settled as the standard English word for raising something
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