different between troll vs changeling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??l/, /t???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?o?l/, /t??l/
• Rhymes: -??l, -?l

Etymology 1

From Norwegian or Swedish troll or Danish trold, from Old Norse tr?ll (“witch, mage, conjurer”) (compare Icelandic tröll), related to Middle High German trolle (“spook, wraith, monster, ogre”). From Proto-Germanic *truzl? (“a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant; monster”). Norwegian fortrylle (“to bewitch”), Norwegian and Danish trylle (“to conjure”) and Swedish trolla (“to conjure”). Doublet of droll.

Noun

troll (plural trolls)

1. (fantasy) A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]
2. (slang) An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences.
3. (astronomy, meteorology) Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops.

Derived terms

• patent troll
• trolless
• trollish, trollishly, trollishness
• trolllike

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English troll (“to go about, stroll, roll from side to side”), from Old French troller (“to quest, to wander”) (French trôler), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *truzl?n? (“to lumber”), which is probably related to *trudan? (“to tread, step on”).

Related to Middle High German trollen (“to stroll”), Middle Low German drullen (“to stroll”); fishing sense possibly influenced by trawl and/or trail

Verb

troll (third-person singular simple present trolls, present participle trolling, simple past and past participle trolled)

1. (intransitive) To saunter. [from late 14th c.]
2. (intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side. [from early 15th c.]
3. (transitive, figuratively) To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait. [from the 1500s]
4. (intransitive, fishing, by extension) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait. [from circa 1600]
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     Their young men […] trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish.

5. (transitive) To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
6. (transitive) To fish in; to try to catch fish from.

   • With patient angle trolls the finny deep.

7. (slang, intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner. [from 20th c.]

   Synonym: cruise

8. (intransitive, Internet slang) (to post inflammatory material so as) to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption, especially in an online community or discussion [from late 20th c.]
   • 1993 October 11, “danny burstein” (username), “I trolled, and no one bit!”, in alt.folklore.urban, Usenet
9. (transitive, originally Internet slang, by extension) To incite anger (including outside of an Internet context); to provoke, harass or annoy.
   • 1994 March 8, “Robert Royar” (username), “OK, here's more on trolling”, in comp.edu.composition, Usenet:

     trolling isn't aimed at newbies. It's aimed at self-important people

Translations

Noun

troll (plural trolls)

1. An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. [from circa 1600]
3. (Internet slang) A person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption. [from late 20th c.]

   Coordinate term: griefer

   Hyponym: keyboard warrior

Translations

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English trollen, trollin (“to walk, wander”). Cognate with Low German trullen (“to troll”).

Verb

troll (third-person singular simple present trolls, present participle trolling, simple past and past participle trolled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move circularly; to roll; to turn. [from the 15th c.]
2. (transitive, obsolete) To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
   • c. 1553, author unknown, Gammer Gurton's Needle

     Then doth she troll to the bowl.
3. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly, freely or in a carefree way. [from the 16th c.]
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii^[4]:

     […] Will you troll the catch / You taught me but whilere?

   • His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, / By wide-mouthed mortal trolled aloud.

   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones: […]

Noun

troll (plural trolls)

1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

2. A song whose parts are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
   • 1845, John Wilson, The genius and character of Burns

     Thence the catch and troll, while "Laughter, holding both his sides," sheds tears to song and ballad pathetic on the woes of married life.

3. (obsolete) A trolley.

Derived terms

• troll plate

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??l/

Etymology 1

From Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzl?, from Proto-Indo-European *der?-, *dr?-.

Noun

troll m (plural trolls)

1. troll (mythical being)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English troll.

Noun

troll m (plural trolls)

1. troll (inflammatory poster on the Internet)
2. (by extension) The act of trolling.

Further reading

• “troll” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

troll m (invariable)

1. troll (grotesque person, Internet troll)

Derived terms

• trollare

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tr?ll, from Proto-Germanic *truzl?, from Proto-Indo-European *der?-, *dr?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trol/, [t??l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

troll n (definite singular trollet, indefinite plural troll, definite plural trolla or trollene)

1. troll (supernatural being)

Derived terms

References

• “troll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tr?ll, from Proto-Germanic *truzl?, from Proto-Indo-European *der?-, *dr?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?l?/

Noun

troll n (definite singular trollet, indefinite plural troll, definite plural trolla)

1. troll (supernatural being)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Dat eine Trollet skræmer inkje dat andre.

     The one troll does not scare the other.

Derived terms

• trollbinde
• trollkjerring

References

• “troll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English troll, from Old Norse tr?ll (“witch, mage, conjurer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?l/

Noun

troll m anim

1. troll (supernatural being)
2. (colloquial, Internet slang) troll

Declension

Further reading

• troll in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• troll in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trol

Noun

troll m (plural trolls)

1. (fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges)
2. (Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption)

Spanish

Noun

troll m (plural trolls)

1. Alternative spelling of trol

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tr?ll, from Proto-Germanic *truzl?, from Proto-Indo-European *der?-, *dr?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?l?/

Noun

troll n

1. troll (supernatural being)

Declension

See also

• förtrolla
• trolla
• trolldom
• trolldryck
• trollkarl
• trollkona
• trollkongen (Dovregubben)
• trollkonst
• trollkonstnär
• trollkärring
• trollunge

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from change +? -ling (suffix with the sense ‘immature; small’). Sense 6 (“idiot, simpleton”) is from the idea that foolish children had been left by magical creatures (sense 1).

The adjective is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?e?n(d)?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??e?nd??l??/
• Hyphenation: change?ling

Noun

changeling (plural changelings)

1. (European folklore, also figuratively) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.

   Synonyms: auf, (both obsolete) oaf
2. (by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
3. (by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
4. (fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shape-shifter

5. (archaic, also figuratively) A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.

   Synonym: turncoat
6. (obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

Adjective

changeling (comparative more changeling, superlative most changeling)

1. (archaic, rare) Changeable, fickle, inconstant, wavering.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:changeable

References

Further reading

• changeling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia