dreng
English
editEtymology
editProbably 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.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛŋ
Noun
editdreng (plural drengs)
- (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.
Alternative forms
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editVariant of drenjë, from Proto-Indo-European *dreu- (“tree”). Occurs in Cham Albanian.
Adjective
editdreng (feminine drenge)
See also
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse drengr (“young warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“man, servant”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdreng c (singular definite drengen, plural indefinite drenge)
Declension
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English drenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse drengr.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdreng (plural drenges)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “dreng, drenǧ, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdreng m (definite singular drengen, indefinite plural drengar or drenger, definite plural drengane or drengene)
- a farmhand
- an assistant, apprentice
Further reading
edit- “dreng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdrenġ m
Inflection
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editDescendants
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