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

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

Derived terms

• Þrælastríðið

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, thrall

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

Coordinate terms

• ambátt (“female slave, bondwoman, handmaid”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þræll m
• Faroese: trælur m, trællur m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: træl m; (dialectal) trædl m, trel m
• Westrobothnian: trehl
• Old Swedish: þræl
  • Swedish: träl c or m
• Old Danish: thræl
  • Danish: træl c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: trell m
• Old Gutnish: þrel
• → Irish: tráill
• → Middle Low German: drelle
• → Old English: þrǣl m
  • Middle English: thral, tharll, therll, thrall, thralle, threll, þral, þrall, þralle, þrel; ðral, þreal, þreall
    • English: thrall
    • Scots: thirl
• → Scottish Gaelic: tràill