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Thrall

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a state of being completely captivated or enslaved by something
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Stage 1 of 2
thraell
Old Norse · medieval
"a slave, a bondsman"
a slave, a bondsman, someone in servitude
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Stage 2 of 2
thrall
English · 1200s
"a state of servitude, or being captivated by something"
settled as the English word for a person in bondage, later a figurative captivation
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