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Etymology

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From Old Norse þræll, from Proto-Germanic *þragilaz, *þrahilaz, *þrēhilaz, cognate with Old High German drigil (servant) and Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, to run). From the root *þreh-, *þreg-, *þrag- ‘to run’, from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (pull, drag, race, run).

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Noun

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þræll m (genitive singular þræls, nominative plural þrælar)

  1. a slave

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þragilaz, *þrahilaz, *þrēhilaz, cognate with Old High German drigil (servant) and Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, to run). From the root *þreh-, *þreg-, *þrag- ‘to run’, from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (pull, drag, race, run).

Noun

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þræll m (genitive þræls, plural þrælar)

  1. slave, thrall

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • ambátt (female slave, bondwoman, handmaid)

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