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Lug

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to carry or drag something heavy with great effort
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Stage 1 of 2
lugga
Old Norse · medieval
"to pull, to drag"
to pull, to drag by the hair
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Stage 2 of 2
lug
English · 1300s
"to carry or drag something heavy"
settled as the English word for carrying or dragging something heavy
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