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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin drengus, from Middle English dreng (warrior, retainer) or its source, Old English drenġ (warrior, soldier), from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr.

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dreng (plural drengs)

  1. (historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
    • 1711, “Chapter XVII: Of Tallage”, in Thomas Madox, The Hiſtory and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England[1], London: John Matthews, page 480:
      In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).
    • 1862, “Appendix T: The Laws of King Henry the First”, in E. William Robertson, Scotland Under Her Early Kings: A History of the Kingdom to the Close of the 13th Century[2], volume 2, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, page 513:
      Accordingly, long after the Conquest, the Thegns and Drengs of Northumberland, and the Drengs, Thegns, and Villeins of the bishopric of Durham, continued to be tallaged.
    • 2000, “Society and Status”, in Birgit Sawyer, The Viking-age Rune-stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
      It is significant that, as Map 2 shows, the main concentrations of thegns and drengs are in the east of the territory that was apparently tributary to the Danish king in about AD 1000.

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Albanian

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Variant of drenjë, from Proto-Indo-European *dreu- (tree). Occurs in Cham Albanian.

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dreng (feminine drenge)

  1. strong, healthy, sound

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Danish

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From Old Norse drengr (young warrior), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (man, servant).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛŋˀ/, [ˈd̥ʁɑ̈ŋˀ]
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dreng c (singular definite drengen, plural indefinite drenge)

  1. boy, lad

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English drenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse drengr.

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dreng (plural drenges)

  1. (poetic) A warrior or soldier; a person who fights.
    1. A follower of a lord; a member of a host.
    2. (rare) A lord or chieftain.
  2. (rare) A dreng (military vassal)

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  • Medieval Latin: drengus
  • >? Scots: dring

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse drengr.

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dreng m (definite singular drengen, indefinite plural drengar or drenger, definite plural drengane or drengene)

  1. a farmhand
  2. an assistant, apprentice

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Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz.

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  • IPA(key): /drenj/, [drend͡ʒ]

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drenġ m

  1. (poetic) warrior; soldier

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