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[edit] Etymology 1

From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll, possibly related to the Middle High German trolle (“spook, wraith, monster, ogre”) [1]. Compare Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) trylle (“to bewitch”), Danish trylle (“to perform magical arts”) and Swedish trolla (“to conjure”).

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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 random sexual experiences
  3. (slang) A person who posts a deliberately provocative message to an internet message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument
  4. (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
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supernatural being

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From Middle English troll (“to go about", "to stroll", "to roll from side to side”), from Old French troller (French trôler) and Middle High German trollen (“to stroll”); fishing sense possibly influenced by trawl

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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. (intransitive, fishing) To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat. [from circa 1600]
  4. (intransitive) By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice, to lure.
    1906: It was necessary to troll them along two years with the hope of employing their usual methods, in order to get them to a place too far from their starting-point for retreat. — Thomas William Lawson, "Fools and Their Money: Some After-Claps of Frenzied Finance", Everybody's Magazine XIV(5) May 1906, p. 690
  5. (slang) (intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner. [from 20th c.]
    I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.
  6. (intransitive) To disrupt the operation of an online community, particularly by luring others into combative argument. [from late 20th c.]
  7. (transitive, Internet slang) By extension, to incite anger (outside of an internet context); to provoke or harass.

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troll (plural trolls)

  1. An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. [from circa 1600]
  2. (Internet, Internet slang) A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way intended to anger other posters and to cause drama, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose. [from late 20th c.]
  3. (Internet) A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc. [from late 20th c.]
    That was such an obvious troll! You shouldn't have responded.
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An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line
a deliberately inflammatory posting to a newsgroup
Verb: to disrupt the operation of an online community
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From Old English trollen

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move circularly.
  2. (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.
    Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa la la la la la la la la.
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
      When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn(2) in the best place he could find. 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:...

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  1. ^ Bokmål- og nynorskordboka, Universitetet i Oslo

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troll n. (definite singular trollet; indefinite plural troll; definite plural trolla/trollene) troll n.

  1. troll (supernatural being)

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

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troll n. (definite singular trollet; indefinite plural troll; definite plural trolla [trolli]) troll n.

  1. troll (supernatural being)

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troll m. (plural trolls)

  1. Alternative spelling of trol.

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troll n.

  1. troll (supernatural being)

[edit] Declension

Declension of troll
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative troll trollet troll trollen
genitive trolls trollets trolls trollens

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