Main Entry:

¹thrall

Pronunciation:

\ˈthrȯl\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll

Date:

before 12th century

1 a: a servant slave : bondman ; also : serf b: a person in moral or mental servitude2 a: a state of servitude or submission <in thrall to his emotions> b: a state of complete absorption <mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own — Elyne Mitchell>

— thrall adjective

— thrall·dom or thral·dom \ˈthrȯl-dəm\ noun