dreng

noun

variants or less commonly drengh

ˈdreŋ

plural -s

old English law

: a free tenant especially in ancient Northumbria who held under a partly military and partly servile form of tenure antedating the Norman conquest

Word History

Etymology

Middle English dreng, dring, from Old English dreng warrior, from Old Norse drengr young man, valiant man; akin to Middle Irish dringid he steps, Russian derzhat' to hold, Latin firmus firm

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