"nis" meaning in English

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      "name": "bor"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Danish nisse.",
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    {
      "form": "nisses",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth:",
          "text": "No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 259:",
          "text": "The people of the Feroes call the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.",
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        }
      ],
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      "expansion": "nis",
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          "word": "ne is"
        }
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        "(obsolete) Contraction of ne is"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Danish nisse.",
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        "plural"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 259:",
          "text": "The people of the Feroes call the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.",
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