n. [ OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þr&aemacr_;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To enslave. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Thraldom. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish. [ 1913 Webster ]
Servile and thrall-like fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]