trælur

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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

Noun

trælur m (genitive singular træls, plural trælir or trælar)

  1. slave

Declension

m15 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trælur trælurin trælir trælirnir
accusative træl trælin trælir trælirnar
dative træli trælinum trælum trælunum
genitive træls trælsins træla trælanna

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