http://wordie.org/words/thrall Comments for the word 'Thrall' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/thrall#comments From the OED online: <br /> <br />One who is in <a href="/words/bondage">bondage</a> to a lord or master; a <a href="/words/villein">villein</a>, <a href="/words/serf">serf</a>, bondman, slave; also, in vaguer use, a servant, subject; transf. one whose liberty is forfeit; a captive, prisoner of war. <br />Usage: c950 Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark x. 44 "And sua huæ see wælle in iuh formest wosa bie allra ræl." 991 Laws of Æthelred II. c. 5 §1 "yf Englisc man Deniscne ræl ofslea, ylde hine mid punde." <br /> <br />Wow. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:47:51 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/thrall#comments