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hill-troll

noun

Etymology

From hill + troll. Compare Danish bjergtrolde.

  1. derived from trǫll
  2. borrowed from trold
  3. borrowed from troll
  4. borrowed from troll
  5. derived from *truzlą✻ — “supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster”
  6. derived from trǫll — “conjurer, mage; witch”
  7. inherited from trol — “demon (?); sorcerer (?)”
  8. compounded as hill-troll — “hill + troll”

Definitions

  1. A troll that lives in or under a hill.

    • "What shall I do now? he said. As soon as the king had had time to consider, he told him that he must go the hill-troll, who had taken his grandfather's sword.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA