Talk:thrall

Trolls and Thralls

I wonder if "troll" and "thrall" share a common origin. The article states that "thrall" means slave, whereas "troll" means conjurer. Could "thrall" be derived from "troll", though, in the sense that a conjurer might enslave someone with magic, a usage which survives in the form "enthralled"? PhilHibbs (talk) 13:29, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

They both came to English, directly or indirectly, from Old Norse, and are quite distinct in that language. It seems pretty unlikely. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:53, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

If you look at the Proto-Germanic reconstructions, *þragilaz and *truzlą, you'll find that, tracing back in time, the superficial similarity is gone at that point, and the words are about as different as can be. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:26, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

in thrall

https://www.wordreference.com/definition/thrall --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:46, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Two etymologies

Isn't it just the noun and verb version of the same word with the same etymology? I was going to fix it but saw that the second etymology refers to the first one so the person writing knew about it. --Rozchwierutany (talk) 02:08, 30 October 2021 (UTC)