# dreng
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɹɛŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛŋ

### Noun

dreng (plural drengs)
* (historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
** 1711, “Chapter XVII: Of Tallage”, in Thomas Madox, The Hiſtory and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England‎, London: John Matthews, page 480:In the reign of K. Richard I, the Theines and Drenges of Northumberland were tallaged. They paid each of them 80 much de Dono (o).
** 1862, “Appendix T: The Laws of King Henry the First”, in E. William Robertson, Scotland Under Her Early Kings: A History of the Kingdom to the Close of the 13th Century‎, volume 2, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, page 513:Accordingly, long after the Conquest, the Thegns and Drengs of Northumberland, and the Drengs, Thegns, and Villeins of the bishopric of Durham, continued to be tallaged.
** 2000, “Society and Status”, in Birgit Sawyer, The Viking-age Rune-stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:It is significant that, as Map 2 shows, the main concentrations of thegns and drengs are in the east of the territory that was apparently tributary to the Danish king in about AD 1000.

#### Alternative forms

* drenge

## Albanian
### Etymology

Variant of drenjë, from Proto-Indo-European *dreu- (“tree”). Occurs in Cham Albanian.

### Adjective

dreng (feminine drenge)
* strong, healthy, sound

#### See also

* drenjë
* drënjë

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse drengr (“young warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“man, servant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɛŋˀ/, [ˈd̥ʁɑ̈ŋˀ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dreng c (singular definite drengen, plural indefinite drenge)
* boy, lad

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* dranch, dring, dringch, ðring

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English drenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse drengr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drɛnd͡ʒ/, /drind͡ʒ/
* (from Old Norse drengr) IPA: /drɛnɡ/, /drinɡ/

### Noun

dreng (plural drenges)
* (poetic) A warrior or soldier; a person who fights.
** A follower of a lord; a member of a host.
** (rare) A lord or chieftain.
* (rare) A dreng (military vassal)

#### Descendants

* → Medieval Latin: drengus
** → English: dreng, drenge
* >? Scots: dring

#### References

* “dreng, drenǧ, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse drengr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drɛŋː/

### Noun

dreng m (definite singular drengen, indefinite plural drengar or drenger, definite plural drengane or drengene)
* a farmhand
* an assistant, apprentice

### Further reading

* “dreng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drenj/, [drend͡ʒ]

### Noun

drenġ m
* (poetic) warrior; soldier

#### Alternative forms

* drench

#### Descendants

* Middle English: dreng, dranch, dring, dringch, ðring
** → Medieval Latin: drengus
*** → English: dreng, drenge
** >? Scots: dring