trollkjerring
Norwegian
/tɾɔlçærɪŋ/
noun-c
Definitions
- female troll, ogress
- witch
Etymology
Affix from Norwegian Bokmål troll (troll) + Norwegian Bokmål kjerring 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
- kjerring Norwegian Bokmål
- kjerringråd Norwegian Bokmål
- kjerringsnakk Norwegian Bokmål
- pilleskrukketroll Norwegian Bokmål
- rumpetroll Norwegian Bokmål
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- trollbinde Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- trollkjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
- kerling Old Norse
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- trold Danish
- drol Middle Dutch