trold

See also: trǫlð

English

Etymology

From Danish trold.

Noun

trold (plural trolds)

  1. (mythology, folklore) A troll.
    • 1885, Charlotte S. Sidgwick, chapter II, in The Story of Norway, London: Rivingtons, page 19:
      They were clever smiths, and made things of iron and gold. That is, the little dwarf Trolds did, for they could burrow about, and find the ironstone and the gold-ore in the rocks. The big Trolds were stupid and lazy generally. They sat on mountains, and threw bits of rock about.
    • 1894, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 171:
      If Atle had believed in trolds and elf-maids, he should surely have supposed that Lars must have seen something of the kind on his night walk in the forest.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse troll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɔl/, [tˢʁ̥ʌlˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

trold c (singular definite trolden, plural indefinite trolde)

  1. troll (supernatural being of the male gender)
  2. ogre
  3. spitfire

Inflection

Declension of trold
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trold trolden trolde troldene
genitive trolds troldens troldes troldenes

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