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thumb|Erling Skjalgsson sets his thralls to day-work ([[Erik Werenskiold, 1899)]]

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  • Etymology
  • Early Germanic law
  • Thrall slave trade
  • Society
  • Conditions and rights
  • End of slavery
  • See also
  • Further reading
  • References

thumb|Erling Skjalgsson sets his thralls to day-work ([[Erik Werenskiold, 1899)]]

A thrall was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the Viking Age. The status of slave (, ) contrasts with that of the freeman (, ) and the nobleman (, ).

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