Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. · A type of diminutive supernatural being; a dwarf. · An ugly or unpleasant person. · An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.
Partly: * from Middle English trol (“demon (?); sorcerer (?)”) [and other forms], from Old Norse trǫll (“conjurer, mage; witch”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (“supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster”), probably from *trudaną (“to step on; to tread”) + *-ilą (suffix forming agent nouns); and * borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål troll, Swedish troll, or Danish trold, from Old Norse trǫll (see above). Doublet of droll and trow. Cognates * Danish fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”) * Icelandic tröll * Middle High German trol, crewtrolle (“spook, wraith; ogre, monster”) * Norwegian fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”) * Swedish trolla (“to conjure”)
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- Inherited-form mentiontrolenm · demon (?); sorcerer (?)
- Derivation mentiontrǫllnon · conjurer, mage; witch
- Derivation mention*truzlągem-pro · supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster
- Borrowed-form mentiontrollnb
- Borrowed-form mentiontrollsv
- Borrowed-form mentiontroldda
- Derivation mentiontrǫllnon
- Doublet mentiondrollen
- Doublet mentiontrowen
- Cognate mentionfortrylleda · to bewitch
- Cognate mentiontröllis
- Cognate mentiontrolgmh
- Cognate mentionfortrylleno · to bewitch
- Cognate mentiontrollasv · to conjure
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