troll

• vt.大声で歌う；餌で釣る。
• vi.輪になって歌う；大声で歌う；餌で釣る
• n. 輪になって歌う；釣りをする；北欧神話の巨人たち

古ノルド語のtroll, 魔術師, 魔術師, 占い師, 原語ゲルマン語*truzla, 悪魔, ゴブリン, トロール, PIE*dra, 走る, 逃げる, おそらくPIE*der, 歩く, 走る, 踏む, 語源的にはtrap, 踏むと同じ。

語源は不明だが、最終的にはtroll（ゴブリン、トロール）と同じ由来かもしれない。trollingはtrawlなどの影響を受けている。

troll (v.)

late 14c., "to go about, stroll," later (early 15c.) "roll from side to side, trundle," probably from Old French troller, a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose" (Modern French tr?ler), from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trollen "to walk with short steps"), from Proto-Germanic *truzlanan.

Sense of "sing in a full, rolling voice" (first attested 1570s) and that of "fish with a moving line" (c. 1600) both are extended technical uses from the general sense of "roll, trundle," the former from "sing in the manner of a catch or round," the latter perhaps confused with trail or trawl. Figurative sense of "to lure on as with a moving bait, entice, allure" is from 1560s. Meaning "to cruise in search of sexual encounters" is recorded from 1967, originally in homosexual slang.

troll (n.1)

supernatural being in Scandinavian mythology and folklore, 1610s (with an isolated use mid-14c.), from Old Norse troll "giant being not of the human race, evil spirit, monster." Some speculate that it originally meant "creature that walks clumsily," and derives from Proto-Germanic *truzlan, from *truzlanan (see troll (v.)). But it seems to have been a general supernatural word, such as Swedish trolla "to charm, bewitch;" Old Norse trolldomr "witchcraft."

The old sagas tell of the troll-bull, a supernatural being in the form of a bull, as well as boar-trolls. There were troll-maidens, troll-wives, and troll-women; the trollman, a magician or wizard, and the troll-drum, used in Lappish magic rites. The word was popularized in literary English by 19c. antiquarians, but it has been current in the Shetlands and Orkneys since Viking times. The first record of the word in modern English is from a court document from the Shetlands, regarding a certain Catherine, who, among other things, was accused of "airt and pairt of witchcraft and sorcerie, in hanting and seeing the Trollis ryse out of the kyrk yeard of Hildiswick."

Originally conceived as a race of malevolent giants, they have suffered the same fate as the Celtic Danann and by 19c. were regarded by peasants in in Denmark and Sweden as dwarfs and imps supposed to live in caves or under the ground.

They are obliging and neighbourly; freely lending and borrowing, and elsewise keeping up a friendly intercourse with mankind. But they have a sad propensity to thieving, not only stealing provisions, but even women and children. [Thomas Keightley, "The Fairy Mythology," London, 1850]

troll (n.2)

"act of going round, repetition," 1705, from troll (v.). Meaning "song sung in a round" is from 1820.

1. Troll 's exclusive，personalized luggage is made to our own exacting specifications in heavy-duty PVC/nylon.

トロール専用の、個性的なスーツケースは、耐久性の高いポリ塩化ビニル/ナイロン素材を使用して、私たち自身の厳しい仕様に合わせてカスタマイズされています。

2.Is everybody else seeing a troll doll nailed to a two-by-four？

皆さんも木の板に釘付けになっている人形を見ましたか？

3.And an old troll wish you a Happy Halloween！

いたずらな小人たちがハロウィンを楽しんでいます！

4.Ice trolls are a subspecies of troll that lives in cold climates.

氷霜巨魔は寒冷地に生息する巨魔亜種である。

5.He is a skilled craftsman Troll weapons，but also a powerfl shaman.

熟練した巨魔兵器職人であり、同時に強力なシャーマンでもある。