trold
Danish
/trɔl/
noun
Definitions
- troll supernatural being
- ogre
- spitfire
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse troll (troll, giant).
Origin
Old Norse
troll
Gloss
troll, giant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- troll English
- trulli Finnish
- Troll German
- troll French
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- trollkjerring Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- trolla Swedish
- trollkona Swedish
- trollslända Swedish
- troll Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollkjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- trǫlldómr Old Norse
- arrig Danish
- arrigtrold Danish
- mand Danish
- spejl Danish
- trolddom Danish
- trolddomsmæssig Danish
- troldmand Danish
- troldspejl Danish
- tröll Icelandic
- drol Middle Dutch
- trøll Faroese
- tröll Westrobothnian
- troll Norwegian
- trøll Scanian