Thrall (?), n. [OE. thral,
þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS.
þr&aemacr;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan.
træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run,
Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG.
dregil, drigil, a servant.] 1. A slave;
a bondman. Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.
Sir
W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
Tennyson.
He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep.
Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov.
Eng.]
Thrall, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall;
in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.]
Spenser.
The fiend that would make you thrall and
bond.
Chaucer.
Thrall, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or
Poetic] Spenser.
Thrall (?), n. [OE. thral,
þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS.
þr&aemacr;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan.
træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run,
Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG.
dregil, drigil, a servant.] 1. A slave;
a bondman. Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.
Sir
W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
Tennyson.
He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep.
Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov.
Eng.]
Thrall, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall;
in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.]
Spenser.
The fiend that would make you thrall and
bond.
Chaucer.
Thrall, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or
Poetic] Spenser.
