þræll

See also: træll

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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

declension of þræll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þræll	þrællinn	þrælar	þrælarnir
accusative	þræl	þrælinn	þræla	þrælana
dative	þræl	þrælnum	þrælum	þrælunum
genitive	þræls	þrælsins	þræla	þrælanna

See also

• ambátt
• leysingi

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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

Declension

  Declension of þræll (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þræll	þrællinn	þrælar	þrælarnir
accusative	þræl	þrælinn	þræla	þrælana
dative	þræli	þrælinum	þrælum	þrælunum
genitive	þræls	þrælsins	þræla	þrælanna

Descendants

• Danish: træl c (Old Danish: thræl)
• Faroese: trælur m, trællur m
• Icelandic: þræll m
• Irish: tráill
• Middle Low German: drelle (loanword)

• Norwegian (Bokmål): trell m
• Norwegian (Nynorsk): træl m
• Old English: þrǣl m (loanword)
• Scottish Gaelic: tràill
• Swedish: träl c (Old Swedish þræl)