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The D is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 2 to keep creed a real word, then given back at rung 4. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
To make a squeaky, grating sound when moving.
Probably imitative in origin, echoing the harsh squeaking sound itself. It is closely related to 'croak' and shares the same sound-mimicking root. The word has been used in English for several centuries to describe doors, floorboards, and similar things.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗Third-person singular of fly: to move through the air.
From Old English 'fleogan', meaning to fly or move swiftly through the air. It belongs to a large Germanic family of words. The related word 'flight' comes from the same Old English root.
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