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"english": "mountain-giant",
"word": "bergtroll"
},
{
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"english": "supernatural being in rivers",
"word": "elvetroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "demon",
"word": "heltroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "someone who misses the boat",
"word": "landtroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "Internet troll",
"word": "netttroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rovetroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "tadpole",
"word": "rumpetroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "woodlouse",
"word": "skrukketroll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "perform magic",
"word": "trolla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "enchant",
"word": "trollbinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "poisonous berry",
"word": "trollbær"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "salt dough",
"word": "trolldeig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "wizardry, magic",
"word": "trolldom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "potion",
"word": "trolldrykk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "stalked by evil creatures, trolls",
"word": "trollelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "the devil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trollen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"with strange shape"
],
"tags": [
"unknown"
],
"topics": [
"fish",
"ichthyology",
"zoology",
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "trollfisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "bird that misleads or destroys",
"word": "trollfugl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "giant’s kettle",
"word": "trollgryte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trollkall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "wizard",
"word": "trollmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "witch",
"word": "trollkjerring"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus",
"word": "trollkval"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "spell, magic word",
"word": "trollord"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trollride"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "colic in animals",
"word": "trollriv"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "magic ring",
"word": "trollring"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "bewitched butter",
"word": "trollsmør"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "ugly, naughty child",
"word": "trollunge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "unusually strong beer",
"word": "trolløl"
}
],
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"3": "trǫll"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse trǫll",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*truzlą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *truzlą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dreh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "trollet",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "troll",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "trolla",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nn",
"name": "Folklore",
"orig": "nn:Folklore",
"parents": [
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The one troll does not scare the other.",
"ref": "1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs]",
"text": "Dat eine Trollet skræmer inkje dat andre.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an evil supernatural being"
],
"id": "en-troll-nn-noun-tEJnZQOh",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(folklore) an evil supernatural being"
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],
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"literature",
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"publishing",
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]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nn",
"name": "Mythological creatures",
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"parents": [
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"Mythology",
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"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Society",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"All topics",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a troll (a (often large) grotesque humanoid creature that lives in the forest or the mountain)"
],
"id": "en-troll-nn-noun-NrOqaJIs",
"links": [
[
"troll",
"troll#English"
],
[
"grotesque",
"grotesque#English"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The mother was a troll and father a professional soldier",
"ref": "2015, Olsen (lyrics and music), “Konstabel snus”, in Makt og ære, blod og spy, performed by Faensmakt",
"text": "Ho mora va et troll å faren yrkesmilitær",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a greedy, aggressive or violent animal or person"
],
"id": "en-troll-nn-noun-Sdf~94jp",
"links": [
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
"aggressive",
"aggressive"
],
[
"violent",
"violent"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a predator"
],
"id": "en-troll-nn-noun-rwdfNVBy",
"links": [
[
"predator",
"predator"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the name of various diseases, previously believed to be caused by evil beings"
],
"id": "en-troll-nn-noun-6FFnoC2O",
"links": [
[
"diseases",
"diseases"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/trolː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[trɞ̞lː]"
},
{
"ipa": "/troʎː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[trɞ̞ʎː]"
}
],
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"word": "tròdl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tròdd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trøll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trødl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trødd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "træll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trøull"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trøyll"
}
],
"word": "troll"
}
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"english": "mountain-giant",
"word": "bergtroll"
},
{
"english": "supernatural being in rivers",
"word": "elvetroll"
},
{
"english": "demon",
"word": "heltroll"
},
{
"english": "someone who misses the boat",
"word": "landtroll"
},
{
"english": "Internet troll",
"word": "netttroll"
},
{
"word": "rovetroll"
},
{
"english": "tadpole",
"word": "rumpetroll"
},
{
"english": "woodlouse",
"word": "skrukketroll"
},
{
"english": "perform magic",
"word": "trolla"
},
{
"english": "enchant",
"word": "trollbinde"
},
{
"english": "poisonous berry",
"word": "trollbær"
},
{
"english": "salt dough",
"word": "trolldeig"
},
{
"english": "wizardry, magic",
"word": "trolldom"
},
{
"english": "potion",
"word": "trolldrykk"
},
{
"english": "stalked by evil creatures, trolls",
"word": "trollelt"
},
{
"english": "the devil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trollen"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"with strange shape"
],
"tags": [
"unknown"
],
"topics": [
"fish",
"ichthyology",
"zoology",
"biology",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "trollfisk"
},
{
"english": "bird that misleads or destroys",
"word": "trollfugl"
},
{
"english": "giant’s kettle",
"word": "trollgryte"
},
{
"word": "trollkall"
},
{
"english": "wizard",
"word": "trollmann"
},
{
"english": "witch",
"word": "trollkjerring"
},
{
"english": "sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus",
"word": "trollkval"
},
{
"english": "spell, magic word",
"word": "trollord"
},
{
"word": "trollride"
},
{
"english": "colic in animals",
"word": "trollriv"
},
{
"english": "magic ring",
"word": "trollring"
},
{
"english": "bewitched butter",
"word": "trollsmør"
},
{
"english": "ugly, naughty child",
"word": "trollunge"
},
{
"english": "unusually strong beer",
"word": "trolløl"
}
],
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"definite",
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{
"form": "troll",
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],
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"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"english": "The one troll does not scare the other.",
"ref": "1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs]",
"text": "Dat eine Trollet skræmer inkje dat andre.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an evil supernatural being"
],
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"(folklore) an evil supernatural being"
],
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],
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"human-sciences",
"literature",
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]
},
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],
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[
"troll",
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],
[
"grotesque",
"grotesque#English"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid#English"
]
],
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"english": "The mother was a troll and father a professional soldier",
"ref": "2015, Olsen (lyrics and music), “Konstabel snus”, in Makt og ære, blod og spy, performed by Faensmakt",
"text": "Ho mora va et troll å faren yrkesmilitær",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a greedy, aggressive or violent animal or person"
],
"links": [
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
"aggressive",
"aggressive"
],
[
"violent",
"violent"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a predator"
],
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[
"predator",
"predator"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the name of various diseases, previously believed to be caused by evil beings"
],
"links": [
[
"diseases",
"diseases"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/trolː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[trɞ̞lː]"
},
{
"ipa": "/troʎː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[trɞ̞ʎː]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tròdl"
},
{
"word": "tròdd"
},
{
"word": "trøll"
},
{
"word": "trødl"
},
{
"word": "trødd"
},
{
"word": "træll"
},
{
"word": "trøull"
},
{
"word": "trøyll"
}
],
"word": "troll"
}
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