Sc. Obs. Also 4 threll, thryll, thril. [OE. þrǽl, ON. þrǽll, THRALL sb.1, app. became in Sc. threll, which was later narrowed to thrill. Cf. THIRL sb.2 2.] One who is bound in servitude; a thrall. Comb. † Thrillman, bondman.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, I. 243. He þt thryll Is has nocht his, All þt he has enbandownyt Is Till hys lord. Ibid., 274. Schortly to say, is nane can tell Þe halle condicioun off A threll. Ibid., III. 220.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, ii. (Paulus), 974. To … pure men, to thrillmen & to women. Ibid., v. (Johannes), 202. Riche man is thril alway to twa: þe tane, is riches. Ibid., l. (Katerine), 220. Be þe body giff þu will Gowerne þe, þu beis a thrill.
c. 1470. Golagros & Gaw., 435. Our doughty elderis has bene endurand Thriuandly in this thede, vnchargit as thril.
