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Loose

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means not firmly fixed in place, or not tightly fastened
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Stage 1 of 2
lauss
Old Norse · medieval
"free, unbound"
free, not bound or fastened
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Stage 2 of 2
loose
English · 1300s
"not tightly fastened or fixed in place"
settled as the standard English word for not tightly fastened
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