thrall

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

thrall villein, serf, slave, OE þrǽl — ON. þrǣll, perh. :- *þraχilaz, f. Gmc. *þraχ- *þreχ- run.
Hence thrall vb. (arch.) bring into bondage, ENTHRALL. XIII. thraldom XII.
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