þræl

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse þræll (Danish træl, Swedish träl), perhaps from Proto-Norse *þrāhilaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þragilaz, *þrahilaz, *þrēhilaz, from *þreh-, *þreg-, *þrag- ‘to run’, from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (“pull, drag, race, run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θræːl/

Noun

þrǣl m

a slave, someone beholden to a lord or master

Descendants

Middle English: thral, thralle, threl, threlle
- English: thrall

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