tröll
Icelandic
/tʰrœtl/
noun
Definitions
- ogre
- troll
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse trǫll (conjurer, mage, witch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*truzlą
Gloss
creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wintroll English
- backtroll English
- countertroll English
- troll English
- trollable English
- trollage English
- trollbuddy English
- trollee English
- troller English
- trollery English
- trollface English
- trollfic English
- trollicious English
- trollish English
- trollism English
- trollist English
- trollistic English
- trollitis English
- trollkind English
- trolllike English
- trollsome English
- trolltard English
- weretroll English
- Trulla German
- trollare Italian
- trollen Dutch, Flemish
- trolear Spanish, Castilian
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- troll Polish
- troll Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- trold Danish
- tré Icelandic
- tröllatré Icelandic
- tröllavíðir Icelandic
- víðir Icelandic
- โทรลล์ Thai
- drol Middle Dutch
- trøll Faroese
- טרול Hebrew (modern)
- 트롤 Korean
- tröll Westrobothnian
- trøll Scanian