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Snare

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a trap for catching animals, or a device or situation that entangles someone
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Stage 1 of 2
snara
Old Norse · medieval
"a noose, a trap"
a noose, a trap made of a looped cord
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Stage 2 of 2
snare
English · 1200s
"a trap for catching animals, or any deceptive trap"
settled as the English word for a trap used to catch animals
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