þræll

See also: træll

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

See also

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

Descendants

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