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dreng

noun
variants: or less commonly drengh \ ˈdreŋ \
plural -s

Definition of dreng

old English law
: a free tenant especially in ancient Northumbria who held under a partly military and partly servile form of tenure antedating the Norman conquest

History and Etymology for dreng

Middle English dreng, dring, from Old English dreng warrior, from Old Norse drengr young man, valiant man; akin to Middle Irish dringid he steps, Russian derzhat' to hold, Latin firmus firm

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