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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish thræl, from Old Norse þræll, from Proto-Germanic *þragilaz, *þrahilaz, *þrēhilaz, from the root *þreh-, *þreg-, *þrag- ‘to run’, from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (“pull, drag, race, run”).
Pronunciation
Noun
træl c (singular definite trællen, plural indefinite trælle)
- slave
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Verb
træl
- imperative of trælle
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Old Norse þræll.
Noun
træl m (definite singular trælen, indefinite plural trælar, definite plural trælane)
- slave, thrall
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Etymology 2
Noun
træl m (definite singular trælen, indefinite plural trælar, definite plural trælane)
- callus (hardened skin)
Ung og sterk kar med træl i nevane- Young and strong guy with a worker's hands
References
- “træl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.