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Rift

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a split or break, either literal or a break in a relationship
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Stage 1 of 2
ript
Old Norse · medieval
"a breach, a tear"
a breach, a tearing apart
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Stage 2 of 2
rift
English · 1300s
"a split or break, literal or figurative"
settled as the English word for a split or break
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