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TRJÓNA -- TROS. 641
trjóna, u, f. [Dan. tryne; trana and trjóna seem to be akin] :-- a snout, Lat. rostrum, Fms. vi. 143 (of a serpent); með gínandum trjónum, Landn. 257 (Hb.): of a hammer, trjónu-tröll, the 'snout-ogress,' of the hammer of Thor, Haustl.: of projecting land, Selmeina trjóna, the ness of Selund, i.e. Zealand, Hkr. i. (in a verse). 2. of a pole; harðar trjónur, Gs. 17; var þá ok veift af hverju skipi trjónum (or = trjánum from tré?), Þorf. Karl. 424; tjald-trjóna, a tent-frame, Sturl. i. 147, 148.
troð, n. a treading, trampling; ef fellr í nauta-troð, if trampled down by cattle, N.G.L. i. 379.
TROÐA, pres. treð, treðr, older form trøðr; tröðz, Grág. ii. 285: pret. trað, tratt (traðst), trað, pl. tráðu (mod. tróð, tróðst, pl. tróðu): subj. trœði; imperat. troð, troddú; part. troðinn: [Ulf. trudan = GREEK, Luke vi. 44; A.S. trêdan; Engl. tread; Germ. treten; Swed. tråda; Dan. træde] :-- to tread; vegr er vetki treyðr, Hm. 120; at vegrinn væri troðinn, beaten. Eg. 578; t. stafkarls-stíg, to tread a beggar's path, Fms. vi. 304; troða skó, to 'tread shoes,' wear them out, Eb. 20; troðnir í sundr tvennir skór, Skíða R. 193; troða villu-stigu, Barl. 29; troða halir helveg, Vsp. 52; manna þeirra er mold troða, Fm. 23; troða goðveg, Hdl. 5; aur tráðu vér áðan, Fms. vi. (in a verse); ek trað hauðr um heiði hundvillr, Eb. (in a verse); hlynbjörn trað Áta jörð, Orkn. (in a verse); nú treðr þú mik undir fótum, Nj. 82; hann trað járnin, Fms. xi. 38; trað nipt Nara náttverð ara, Höfuðl.; reyks rösuðr trað Ingjald, Ýt.; mara trað hann, ... trað hon fótleggina, Hkr. i. 20; tráðu (tróðu Ed.) þeir sér gadd hjá brekkunni, Fms. ix. 490, (tráðu, Fb. iii. 139, l.c.); niðr-troðinn ok svívirðr, Fms. x. 305; troða niðr dauðann, to beat down under one's feet, Niðrst. 6; skulu ér nú því síðr troða fyrir yðr, sem ek var þá erfiðri, metaphor from beating down the snow, making a track, Nj. 229, Grett. 174 new Ed.; t. íllsakar við e-n, to fight it out with one, Nj. 219; en ef aðrir-tveggju troða þing ok vitni hins, if they quash his suit and witnesses, Js. 41; fót-troða, q.v. II. to stop or stuff (a bag), metaphor from treading with the feet, with dat. of the thing which is stuffed; heyi var ok troðit í gluggana, Sturl. i. 160; var þér troðit í kýl, sem korni í belg, Fms. vii. 21; var þér í hanzka troðit, Hbl. 26; át kýrin, ok þó lítt, ef maðr trað í munn henni, Bs. i. 615; hann flær belg ok treðr hann síðan lyngvi ok mosa, Konr.; þeir tráðu upp otr-belginn, Fas. i. 153; þat dýra vín er þú treðr þik með dagliga, Karl. 210. III. reflex. troðask, to throng, of a crowd; troðisk eigi svá ákaft, Fms. xi. 102; ef menn troðask svá mjök at lögréttu fyrir önnkost ... ok varðar þat fjörbaugs-garð, Grág. i. 5; ef fé tröðsk at heyvi, ii. 285; ef fé treyðsk í svelti-kví, ii. 119 (Kb.)
troð-fullr, adj. choke-full, of animals, also of a bag.
troðningr, m. a crowded throng :-- a beaten truck.
TROG, n. [A.S. trog; Engl. trough and tray: Dan. trug] , a trough, Edda 31 (slátr-trog); sá ek konur tvær, þær höfðu trog í milli sín, ok jósu blóði héraðit allt, Glúm. 376; ljá sér trogs at sælda mjöl, Greg. 58; troll-kona, hón hafði í annarri hendi trog en annarri skálm, Grett. 140, Hkr. iii. 150; var sem trogi væri hvelft á síðurnar, Bs. i. 330; trogs-brot, Greg. 59; rjóma-trog or mjolkr-trog, a milk-trough in which the milk is kept for cream; renna úr trogunum, to pour out the milk so that the cream remains; slátr-trog, a meat-trough.
trog-söðull, m. a kind of pummel-formed saddle, Eb. 34.
TROLL, n., the later but erroneous form is tröll; the rhymes require it to be troll; thus, troll and ollu, Fms. vi. 339; troll and kollr, Sturl. ii. 136 (a ditty); troll and sollinn, Rekst., Landn. 212 (in a verse); and so spelt in old vellums, trollz, Vsp. (Kb.) 39; in later vellums tröll, Mar. 1055; and so rhymed, tröll, öll, Mkv.: [Dan.-Swed. trold; Low Germ. droll, whence the mod. Dan. drollen; cp. also trylla and Dan. trylde = to charm, bewitch]
A. A giant, fiend, demon, a generic term. The heathen creed knew of no 'devil' but the troll; in mod. Dan. trold includes any ghosts, goblins, imps, and puny spirits, whereas the old Icel. troll conveys the notion of huge creatures, giants, Titans, mostly in an evil, but also in a good sense; Þórr var farinn í Austrveg at berja troll, Edda; þar mátti engi maðr úti vera fyrir trolla-gangs sakir ok meinvætta, Ó.H. 187; et mat þinn, troll, Fas. iii. 178; trolla þing, ii. 131; trolla-þáttr, Fms. x. 330; maðr mikill sem troll, Eg. 408; hann var mikill vexti sem troll, Gísl. 132; hár sem tröll að líta, Ülf. 7. 13. 2. a werewolf, one possessed by trolls or demons, = eigi einhamr, cp. hamr, hamramr; ef konu er tryllska kennd í héraði þá skal hón hafa til sex kvenna vitni at hón er eigi tryllsk, sykn saka ef þat fæsk, en ef hón fær þat eigi, fari brott or héraði með fjár-hluti sína, eigi veldr hón því sjólf at hón er troll, N.G.L. i. 351 (Maurer's Bekehrung ii. 418, foot-note), see kveklriða and Eb. ch. 16; mun Geirríð, trollit, þar komit, G. that troll! Eb. 96, cp. the Dan. din lede trold; troll, er þik bíta eigi járn, troll whom no steel can wound! Ísl. ii. 364; þá þykki mér troll er þú bersk svá at af þér er fotrinn -- nei, segir Þorbjörn, eigi er þat trollskapr at maðr þoli sár, 365; fjölkunnig ok mikit troll. Þiðr. 22; Sóti var mikit tröll í lífinu, Ísl. ii. 42; kosti ok skeri troll þetta, this fiendish monster, Eb. 116 new Ed. v.l.; trolli líkari ertú enn manni, þik bita engi járn, Háv. 56; mikit troll ertú, Búi, sagði hann, Ísl. ii. 451, Finnb. 264; þótti líkari atgangr hans trollum enn mönnum, 340; fordæðu-skap ok úti-setu at vekja troll upp (to 'wake up a troll,' raise a ghost) at fremja heiðni með því, N.G.L. i. 19. 3. phrases; at tröll standi fyrir dyrum, a troll standing before the door, so that one cannot get in, Fbr. 57; troll milli húss ok heima, Fms. viii. 41, cp. the Engl. 'between the devil and the deep sea;' troll brutu hrís í hæla þeim, trolls brake fagots on their heels, beat them on their heels, pursued them like furies, Sighvat; glápa eins og troll á himna-ríki, to gaze like a troll on the heavens (to gaze in amazement): in swearing, troll hafi þik! Fms. vi. 216; troll hafi líf! Korm. (in a verse); troll hafi þik allan ok svá gull þitt! 188; hón bað troll hafa hann allan, Art. 5; troll hafi þá skikkju! Lv. 48; troll (traull) hafi þína vini! Nj. 52; troll hafi þitt hól! 258; troll vísi yðr til búrs! Bs. i. 601; þykki mér því betr er fyrr taka troll við þér, the sooner the trolls take thee the better! Band. 37 new Ed., Fs. 53; þú munt fara í trolla-hendr í sumar! Ld. 230, Fms. v. 183; þú munt fara allr í trollindr (= trolla hendr), Band. (MS.); munu troll toga, yðr tungu ór höfði, the evil one stretches your tongue, some evil demon speaks through your mouth, Fb. i. 507; honum þótti helzt troll toga tungu ór höfði honum er hann mælti slíkt, Rd. 276; þú ert fól, ok mjök toga troll tungu ór höfði þér, Karl. 534; the verse in Korm. 210 is corrupt; trautt man ek trúa þér, troll, kvað Höskollr, Sturl. ii. 136, from an ancient ballad. In one single instance the trolls, strange to say, play a good part, viz. as being grateful and faithful; trolls and giants were the old dwellers on the earth, whom the gods drove out and extirpated, replacing them by man, yet a few remained haunting lonely places in wildernesses and mountains; these trolls, if they meet with a good turn from man, are said to remain thankful for ever, and shew their gratitude; hence the phrases, tryggr sem tröll, faithful as a troll; and trygða-tröll, hann er mesta trygða-tröll, a faithful soul, faithful person; trölla-trygð, 'trolls-trust,' faithfulness to death; troll eru í trygðum bezt is a saying; these milder notions chiefly apply to giantesses (troll-konur), for the troll-carles are seldom well spoken of: for trolls and giants as the older dwellers on earth, see the interesting tale in Ólafs S. Trygg. by Odd, ch. 55, 56 (Fms. x. 328-332). II. metaph. usages, a destroyer, enemy of; þess hlutar alls er troll sem þat má fyrir fara, Edda ii. 513; bryn-tröll, q.v. III. in local names; Trolla-botnar = the Polar Bay, between Greenland and Norway, believed to be peopled by trolls, A.A.; Trolla-dingja, Trolla-gata, Trolla-háls, Trolla-kirkja, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 142: [cp. Troll-hættan in Sweden.]
B. COMPDS: trolla-gangr, m. a troll-haunt, Grett. 148 new Ed., Fms. ii. 185, x. 330, Ó.H. 187. trolla-grös, n. pl., botan. lichen rangiferinus, Hjalt. trolls-hamr, m. a troll's shape, Vsp. trolls-háttr, m. a kind of metre, Edda (Ht.) trolla-hlað, n. a troll's building, Cyclopic works, a giant's causeway. trolls-liga, adv. fiendishly, Nj. 181, Fs. 43. trolls-ligr, adj. huge, but also fiendish, Eb. 314; úgæfusamligr, harðligr ok trollsligr, gaunt and fiendish, Nj. 181; skessa há ok digr ok at öllu trollslig, Fb. i. 258; t. var sú tönnin ein, huge, gaunt, Skíða R. trolls-læti, n. pl. fiendish howlings, as of one possessed by the evil trolls, Eb. 318. trolla-saga, u, f. a tale of giants and trolls, with the notion of coarse and vulgar fiction. trolla-slagr, m. the name of a song, see Lex. Runic. trolla-urt, f., botan. 'troll's-wort,' louse-wort, rhinanthus pedicularis, Hjalt. trolla-þáttr, m. an episode, a tale of trolls, Fms. x. 330. trolla-þing, n. a meeting of trolls, Fas. ii. 131.
troll-aukinn, part. 'troll-eked,' possessed by a troll, but only in heathen sense = hamramr, epithet of a werewolf; Þorgrímr var tröll-aukinn ok tók þó Kristni, Landn. (Hb.) 45, Fms. iii. 195.
troll-dómligr, adj. belonging to witchcraft, Bær. 19.
troll-dómr, m. [Dan. trolddom], witchcraft. Stj. 101: monstrosity, Mar. 105. 5.
trolli, a, m. a nickname, Landn. (cp. Dan. Herluf Trolle); whence in local names, Trolla-tunga, Landn. 2. a huge horse is called Trolli.
troll-karl, m. a giant, a male troll, Fas. iii. 178.
troll-kerling, f. = trollkona. Fas. ii. 519.
troll-kona, u, f. a giantess, Fs. 145, Fb. i. 257, Grett. 140, Edda 53, Fas. ii. 151, Sturl. iii. 304: sendi drottning eptir Sturlu, bað hann koma til sín, ok hafa með sér tröllkonu-söguna, 305, passim.
troll-kyndr, part. of 'troll-kind,' Ýt.
troll-marr, m. a 'troll-steed,' i.e. a wolf, Hallfred.
troll-menni, n. a giant-like man, Finnb. 344, Fas. iii. 259, 285.
troll-riða, adj. ridden by a troll, witch-ridden; yxn þeir er Þórólfr var ekinn á urðu trollriða. Eb. 172.
troll-skapr, m. = trolldómr, the being a troll; eigi er þat trollskapr at maðr þoli sár, Ísl. ii. 365, Fs. 43: witchery, berja grjóti í hel fyrir fjölkyngi ok trollskap, Landn. 236; hann verr hauginn með trollskap, Gullþ. 6, Karl. 241.
troll-skessa, u, f. = trollkona.
TROS, n. droppings, rubbish, leaves and twigs from a tree picked up and used for fuel; en er Páll samnaði trosum til elds, 656 C. 22; mik grunar at tros nokkor af kvistunum félli í höfuð mér, Edda 30; cp. ó-tros. rubbish; ótrosa-lýðr, ragamuffins.