Thral"dom (?), n. [Icel. &?;rældmr. See Thrall, and -dom.] The
condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [Written
also thralldom.]
Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under man's
governance.
Chaucer.
He shall rule, and she in thraldom live.
Dryden.
Thrall (?), n. [OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þrl;
akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth.
þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.] 1. A
slave; a bondman. Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.
Sir W. Scott.