þræll
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
þræll m (genitive singular þræls, nominative plural þrælar)
- a slave
DeclensionEdit
declension of þræll
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
þræll m (genitive þræls, plural þrælar)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of þræll (strong a-stem)
Coordinate termsEdit
- ambátt (“female slave, bondwoman, handmaid”)