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Scab

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a dry, crusty area forming over a healing wound
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Stage 1 of 2
skabb
Old Norse · medieval
"a skin crust, a scurf"
a skin disease or crust, related to scratching or scraping
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Stage 2 of 2
scab
English · 1300s
"a crust forming over a healing wound"
settled as the English word for the crust forming over a healing wound
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