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Sleight

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means skillful dexterity, especially used in deceptive tricks, as in sleight of hand
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Stage 1 of 2
slaegth
Old Norse · medieval
"cunning, cleverness"
cunning, cleverness, skillful trickery
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Stage 2 of 2
sleight
English · 1200s
"skillful, dexterous trickery"
settled as the English word for skillful, dexterous trickery
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