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Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse þræll, partly displacing the native word þēow.
Pronunciation
Noun
þrǣl m
- slave
Declension
Declension of þrǣl (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: thral, tharll, therll, thrall, thralle, threll, þral, þrall, þralle, þrel, ðral, þreal, þreall (Early Middle English)
Old Norse
Noun
þræl
- accusative singular of þræll