dreng
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin drengus, from Middle English dreng (“warrior, retainer”) or its source, Old English drenġ (“warrior, soldier”), from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛŋ
Noun
[edit]dreng (plural drengs)
- (historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
- 1711, “Chapter XVII: Of Tallage”, in Thomas Madox, The Hiſtory and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England[1], London: John Matthews, page 480:
- In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).
- 1862, “Appendix T: The Laws of King Henry the First”, in E. William Robertson, Scotland Under Her Early Kings: A History of the Kingdom to the Close of the 13th Century[2], volume 2, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, page 513:
- Accordingly, long after the Conquest, the Thegns and Drengs of Northumberland, and the Drengs, Thegns, and Villeins of the bishopric of Durham, continued to be tallaged.
- 2000, “Society and Status”, in Birgit Sawyer, The Viking-age Rune-stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
- It is significant that, as Map 2 shows, the main concentrations of thegns and drengs are in the east of the territory that was apparently tributary to the Danish king in about AD 1000.
Alternative forms
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of drenjë, from Proto-Indo-European *dreu- (“tree”). Occurs in Cham Albanian.
Adjective
[edit]dreng (feminine drenge)
See also
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse drengr (“young warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“man, servant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dreng c (singular definite drengen, plural indefinite drenge)
Declension
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English drenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse drengr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dreng (plural drenges)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “dreng, drenǧ, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dreng m (definite singular drengen, indefinite plural drengar or drenger, definite plural drengane or drengene)
- a farmhand
- an assistant, apprentice
Further reading
[edit]- “dreng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drenġ m
Inflection
[edit]Alternative forms
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