\Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel.
[thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to
Sw. tr["a]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS.
[thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein;
cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1. A slave; a bondman. --Chaucer.
         Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.     --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.
         He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

\Thrall\, a.
Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;
bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser.
      The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
                                               --Chaucer.

\Thrall\, v. t.
To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.