þræl

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse þræll, partly displacing the native word þēow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θræːl/

Noun

þrǣl m

slave

Declension

Declension of þræl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þrǣl	þrǣlas
accusative	þrǣl	þrǣlas
genitive	þrǣles	þrǣla
dative	þrǣle	þrǣlum

Descendants

Middle English: thral, tharll, therll, thrall, thralle, threll, þral, þrall, þralle, þrel; ðral, þreal, þreall
- English: thrall
- Scots: thirl

Old Norse

Noun

þræl

accusative singular of þræll

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