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drenge

drenge is the alternative form of dreng.

Meaning of dreng

Noun

dreng (plural drengs)

  1. (UK, historical) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
    • 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).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

Forms of drenge

pluraldrenges

Questions about drenge

What is drenge the alternative form of?
Drenge is the alternative form of dreng.

Words near drenge in the dictionary

  1. drenchings
  2. drencht
  3. dreng
  4. drengage
  5. drengages
  6. drenge
  7. drenges
  8. drengs
  9. Drenje
  10. Drennan
  11. Drennans

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