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
Declension
Derived terms
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”).
Declension
Coordinate terms
- ambátt (“female slave, bondwoman, handmaid”)
Derived terms
- þrælka (“enthrall, enslave”)
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