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Thrall
A
thrall
(
Old Norse
:
þræll
,
Norwegian
:
trell
) was a
slave
or
serf
in
Scandinavian
lands during the
Viking Age
. The corresponding term in
Old English
þeow
. The status of slave (
þræll
,
þeow
) contrasts with those of the
freeman
(
karl, ceorl
) and the nobleman (
jarl
,
eorl
). The
Middle Latin
rendition of the term in
early Germanic law
is
servus
. The social system of
serfdom
is continued in
medieval
feudalism
.
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