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 (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þræll þrællinn þrælar þrælarnir
accusative þræl þrælinn þræla þrælana
dative þræl, þræli þrælnum þrælum þrælunum
genitive þræls þrælsins þræla þrælanna

Derived terms

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, 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”)

Derived terms

Descendants

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