Verk-þræll

Old Norse Dictionary - verk-þræll

Meaning of Old Norse word "verk-þræll" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

verk-þræll
m. a ‘work-thrall,’ slave, Hkr. i. 25, Fbr. 83 new Ed.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴ-ᚦᚱᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
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