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Rid

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to free someone or something of an unwanted presence or burden
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Stage 1 of 2
rythja
Old Norse · medieval
"to clear away"
to clear land, to remove obstacles
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Stage 2 of 2
rid
English · 1300s
"to make someone or something free of an unwanted presence"
settled as the English word for freeing something of an unwanted presence
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