þræll

Icelandic

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θraitl/, [θraitl̥]
  • Rhymes: -aitl

Noun

þræll m (genitive singular þræls, nominative plural þrælar)

  1. a slave

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

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

þræll m (genitive þræls, plural þrælar)

  1. slave, thrall

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • ambátt (female slave, bondwoman, handmaid)

Derived terms

Descendants

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