noun
also drengh ˈdreŋ
( -s )
Etymology: 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 — more at firm
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