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dreng.

A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.

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noun/ˈdɹɛŋ/
  1. A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.

    UK · historical
Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin drengus, from Middle English dreng (“warrior, retainer”) or its source, Old English drenġ (“warrior, soldier”), from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr.

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