THRALLED

Verb

thralled

simple past tense and past participle of thrall

Source: Wiktionary


THRALL

Thrall, n. Etym: [OE. thral, , Icel. , perhaps through AS. ; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. to run, Goth. , Gr. 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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