drail

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromtrǣġlian
2. Old French · derived fromtrailer
3. Middle English · inherited from*drailen
4. English todaydrail

From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).